The 2025 Calgary Stampede is exclusive to the Cowboy Channel in the U.S. If you don't have the channel on cable, try over-the ...

Country was once dismissed as uniquely American – now it’s the fastest-growing genre in the UK. What happened?

Father and sons are session players, too. Pam Harter, a photographer, likes to think there might be a cosmic “Urban Cowboy” connection. “They were raised on KJ97 (country radio).

Urban Cowboy brought country music to new audiences. After that and the crossover success of Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" in 1977, New York got its first (that I know of) FM ...

To a soundtrack which saw joint-efforts from Pharrell and Mumford & Sons, as well as Miley Cyrus, came every iteration of a Texan rancher. “Every iconic character from a spaghetti Western was in ...

The pop culture impact of Urban Cowboy was immense: Not only did Western wear become a fashion fad, but musically, the soundtrack spawned three country No. 1 hits and six Top 40 singles.

The movie Urban Cowboy was a modest hit upon its 1980 release. Its soundtrack, however, was a much different, more successful story. "And you could already hear the Eagles’ influence on ...

Aaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose story in Texas Monthly inspired the 1980 smash “Urban Cowboy,” died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson’s ...

Aaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose story in Texas Monthly inspired the 1980 smash “Urban Cowboy,” died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson’s ...

After “Urban Cowboy,” Gilley parlayed his prominence into a run of TV and movie roles in the ‘80s, often portraying himself in such series as “Fantasy Island,” “The Fall Guy ...

Mickey Gilley, the country music star whose Texas nightclub served as the inspiration for the 1980 film Urban Cowboy, died on Saturday in Branson, Mo. His death was confirmed to NPR by his ...

After “Urban Cowboy,” Gilley parlayed his prominence into a run of TV and movie roles in the ‘80s, often portraying himself in such series as “Fantasy Island,” “The Fall Guy ...