Louisiana Roots

This Veterans Day, a look at how Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Kix Brooks and Lainey Wilson have stood up for the men and women who serve.

Meet Timothy Wayne, the LSU graduate with deep Louisiana roots behind Jack'd Up Truck, and the stories he shared with us on LCM Live.

Before he co-wrote No. 1 hits for Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert and Gabby Barrett, New Orleans native Jim McCormick was a 15-year-old playing Tuesday nights at Jed's on Oak Street. Here's his road to Nashville.

Thirty years ago today, a Louisiana wedding started it all. See how My Best Friend and The Rest of Our Life landed days before Tim and Faith's anniversary.

In 2012, Hunter Hayes' Wanted hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot Country Songs, making the Breaux Bridge native the youngest solo male artist to top the chart.

From her first single at a Lake Charles studio to a New Orleans TV special and a sold out arena show, a look back at Dolly Parton's history with Louisiana.

From Jerry Lee Lewis to John Foster, see why the Texas Club in Baton Rouge has shaped Louisiana country music for more than 40 years.

A five-year-old West Monroe boy watched Tim McGraw shoot a music video in 1994. Twenty-eight years later, Stephen Paul stood beside him on stage, living out the full circle moment of a lifetime.

After fifty years, Louisiana musician Steve Conn finishes restoring his late father Peanut Conn's reel-to-reel recordings, a swing violinist's legacy brought back to life.

Louisiana Country Music brought its writers retreat home for the first time, welcoming nine talented singer-songwriters to Jena, Louisiana, for 2½ days of collaboration, creativity, and community. The retreat produced eight new songs, lifelong friendships, and ended with four artists taking the stage at Songs for St. Jude to help raise more than $30,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Brooks & Dunn released Red Dirt Road on July 15, 2003. Discover the Louisiana connection behind one of country music's most beloved albums.

Karen Waldrup has spent the last two decades building a career rooted in faith, community, and optimism. Learn more about the Louisiana native, The Voice finalist, and country artist in our latest Louisiana Country Music Spotlight.

Discover the story of Baton Rouge native CJ Solar, the songwriter behind Morgan Wallen's "Up Down" and Jameson Rodgers' "Some Girls," and learn how CJ Solar & The Old Souls is bringing him back to the music that inspired him from the beginning.

Before becoming a country music superstar, Tim McGraw discovered a shocking family secret that changed his life forever. Here’s the powerful story behind his complicated relationship with Tug McGraw.

Louisiana artist Joe Bryson opens up about faith, overcoming cancer, finding his sound in Nashville, and the journey behind his latest music.

Louisiana artist Brandon Ratcliff and Suzanne Cox have released “Far Side Banks of Jordan,” a new mother-son duet that connects Brandon’s present chapter with a family legacy rooted in Cotton Valley, harmony, and heritage.

From the Grand Ole Opry to The Texas Club, two Louisiana artists are showing how sharing opportunities strengthens the entire music community.

By Louisiana Country Music Before it became a No. 1 hit, “You’re Gonna Miss This” was a song no one was sure would ever work. In this behind-the-scenes story, hit songwriter Lee Thomas Miller pulls back the curtain on the doubt and timing that nearly kept one of country music’s most emotional songs from ever reaching radio. Throwback photo of Lee Thomas Miller, Trace Adkins and Ashley Gorley / Photo via LeeThomasMiller.com From the very beginning, doubt surrounded the song

Amanda Shaw’s Louisiana-rooted career spans national stages, cultural honors, and new music. LCM’s February Spotlight of the Month.

Singer-songwriter Gabriel Thomas Broussard reflects on The Voice, growing up in Lafayette, faith, and the next chapter of his music career.