How to Use country music in a Sentence

country music

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  • An op-ed for the Guardian about the Black roots of country music.
    — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Luke Bryan is one of the biggest country music stars in the world.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Strap on your boots and head to the dance floor for country music and a good time.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2022
  • But where was the duo at this year's country music event?
    — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The crew heads to the fair, indulging in country music, games of chance, and even a bit of romance.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • So, to come back to country music at this point isn’t as big of a stretch as some might think.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The bond between the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and country music has always been a strong one.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Bryan, 28, is best known as one of the rising stars of country music.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The country music singer has a full lineup of flavors and fun twists on this liquor.
    — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 2 Dec. 2022
  • He’s lined up one of country music’s biggest acts to do it.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The Big Bash will kick off more than 50 back-to-back performances, live from the home of country music.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Wilson has been the toast of country music for months now, since her strong showing at the ACMs.
    — Vulture, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Royce has been in radio, which, of course, drives country music.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • There sure has been a lot of discourse this year about who can play country music.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
  • As of Thursday morning, the song is No. 3 on iTunes’ country music chart.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And then one of the agents pitched me about writing a book about a country music star that is a serial killer.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2023
  • That message has quite a track record in country music.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024
  • This isn't the first time Twain has broken boundaries in country music with her art.
    — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Some were transplants from parts of the U.S. where country music is the main attraction.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Who should watch: Anyone who can’t get enough of country music.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • For some time now, there has been a growing divide in country music.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Luke Bryan is opening up about the changes needed in country music.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Nashville, the capital of country music, is also home to a lot of good food.
    — Madison Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Students strutted in blue suede and shiny black leather to country music around the auction floor.
    — Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
  • As Willie Nelson once sang, there’s no place but Texas — and some of country music’s hallmark awards shows seem to agree.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Grilling out next to a campfire, and watching the sun go down from a truck bed listening to country music.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Wallen has, for most of the 2020s, been the most popular musician in country music.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 June 2024
  • Isbell isn’t surprised to see artists like Zach Bryan breaking records left and right as part of a recent country music wave at the top of the charts.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Their voices blend gloriously on this fresh yet stone-cold country rendering of the song, which highlights the enduring heritage of Latino country music.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Urban, a country music superstar, recently released his first studio album in four years, High, in September 2024.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025

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