Rob Sheffield
“Check Yes or No” Made Fans Believe in Love Again
More than 25 years have passed, yet a few opening guitar notes are enough to bring people back to a ...
Carrie Underwood’s Full Circle: From Winning Idol to Guiding It
Twenty years can feel like a lifetime, but for Carrie Underwood it was the distance between being a nervous farm ...
Carrie Underwood’s Tearful Goodbye: Singing for Brett James One Last Time
Fifty-seven years is not a long life when you think about it. That was the age Brett James was when ...
Johnny Cash Took “I Will Not Back Down” and Made It His Own
More than 25 years after Tom Petty first released it, Johnny Cash stood tall with “I Will Not Back Down,” ...
Johnny Cash Spoke About a Ragged Old Flag, and the Crowd Stood Taller
How many songs stop the music and just talk to you like a story around a fire? That is what ...
Was It Fair? George Strait’s “The Best Day” and a Question About His Legacy
Forty-four. That is the number of Hot Country Songs No. 1 hits George Strait has stacked up in his career, ...
Céline Dion Closed the Century With “That’s The Way It Is”
On December 31, 1999, more than 20,000 fans filled Montreal’s Molson Centre to watch Céline Dion sing her last notes ...
Celine Dion’s Family Story Told Through “I’m Alive”
Three sons, one mother, and a lifetime of photographs. That is what plays out when you see Celine Dion with ...
Somewhere Over Laredo Felt Like a Story Written in Dust and Memory
Only one percent of towns in America sit on the border, yet they inspire countless country songs. That is the ...
What Will Reba, Snoop, Bublé, and Niall Sing Together Tomorrow?
How many shows kick off with a collaboration so big it feels like an event of its own? NBC’s The ...