This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

WHEN in 1908 a check for $500 came from Harvard University for my first year as a Sheldon Fellow, I was the happiest person in the world. Never before at one time had I owned so much money, money that ...

There’s something timeless about a cowboy’s story–tales told under starlit skies, woven with humor, grit, and the quiet strength of life on the range. On Wednesday, July 30, the Utah County Fair will ...

Kelsea Ballerini is taking fans on a romantic countryside voyage in her brand new song, "Love Is a Cowboy." Co-written by Ballerini alongside Jesse Frasure and Parker Welling, the sentimental ballad ...

Ashley McBryde hasn't always been a straight-ahead country traditionalist. She's flirted with rock guitars and metal-leaning vocal solos, and even tried her hand at a concept album with the release of ...

‘Now, boys, I’ll tell you a story Of a horse I owned long, long ago. . . .' Words and banjo-strumming floated soft and clear on the night. I reined up in the brush to listen. It was pitch-dark where I ...

I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song "Bei Mir Bist Du ...

Musician Charley Crockett blends R&B with cowboy songs and outlaw ballads By Terry Gross Published August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM CDT Listen • 31:12 ...