In a recent interview, Shania Twain revealed some of the classic country songs that made her fall in love with the genre.

The four sisters from Georgia fit right into the genre's tradition of storytelling, and use it to connect, not divide.

Meg York's fingers dance up and down her clarinet to create the trills and augmentations of an ancient Sephardic melody. "It's like the accent of a language," said York, explaining the adjustments she ...