But forro is at heart a traditional form, Brazil's loose equivalent to country music.
The best actor award went to Jeff Bridges for country music film Crazy Heart.
What could a country music fan possibly have in common with a hip-hop fan?
And similarly, in country music, they like to talk about what they drive as well.
In the mid 60s, he met June Carter Cash, from country music's famous Carter family.
For one thing, country music lays on the narrative really thick which is perfect for musicals.
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Jackson grew up wanting to sing country music, but says Elvis Presley changed her mind.
However, their core audience of American country music fans greeted the album with a lukewarm response.
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There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
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Artists like Taylor Swift have certainly added a "hip" factor to the country music industry.
ABC's country music drama delivered 9 million viewers and a 2.8 rating among adults 18-49.
The service opened with a photo slideshow set to country music and projected onto a movie screen.
Only a year later, their song "The Story of My Life" hit the U.S. country music charts.
The superstars of today, the ones who are sold as personalities, are in pop or country music.
He doesn't speak a word of Spanish and prefers country music, but I couldn't love him more.
The rising country music star has seven nominations for the April 7 awards show in Las Vegas.
I've hinted at country music before, on previous songs, but never fully took it down the road all the way.
Their occasional clients include country music star Willie Nelson, who fills up his tour bus when passing through.
After graduation they became a key part of a thriving country music revival scene in New York City.
The 48th Academy of Country Music awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Pioneering banjo player Earl Scruggs, who is credited with helping create modern country music, has died aged 88.
Cash, long known as country music's "Man in Black, " became a standard for a generation of Nashville upstarts.
At country music star Tim McGraw's house, the holidays are a time to celebrate his mother's Italian heritage.
In 2002, after a debut album "Bramble Rose, " some touted singer-songwriter Tift Merritt as country music's next superstar.
Thankfully, as time wore on, the yodel and the heartbreak of country music came back around.
The hilly Ozarks near Arkansas are culturally part of the South, with their hickory-smoked ham and country music.
Country music star Blake Shelton, a native Oklahoman, will lead a benefit concert for tornado victims on May 29.
Many country music stars are also (wisely) expanding beyond the troubled music industry.
After the comment, many country music radio stations boycotted the Dixie Chicks' music.
"What I can tell you is I have always been a lover of music and country music, " Wonder said.
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