Seven talented MTSU alumni are nominated for Grammys this year in the categories of rap, gospel, American roots and country.

History professor and author Charles Hughes lectured on the impact racial inequality had on country and soul musicians during the 1960s and 1970s on Oct. 30 in the Bragg Media and Entertainment Building. Hughes is a professor of history at Rhodes College in Memphis, and his book, “Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in […]

The Center for Popular Music recently completed the Marvin Hedrick Collection project as well as launched its dedicated website.

College of Media and Entertainment student and aspiring country music artist Hunter Wolkonowski of Winchester, Tennessee, knew that singer-songwriter Kathy Mattea was coming to give a guest lecture in late November.

Chris Young embraced the holiday spirit of giving for MTSU students this year.

Odie Blackmon writes timeless, classic country songs.

Friday afternoon in the College of Mass Communication is usually a quiet time, with faculty and students wrapping up the week. This may be why it was easy for bluegrass-country superstar Alison Krauss to enter the John Bragg Mass Communication Building unnoticed and take a seat in the back of Comm 101.

Not a sound can be heard except the pops of gravel beneath the tires of a 2003 Honda Civic LX. The car radio is off – music alive only in the driver’s mind.