On April 17, 1861, the Virginia Secession Convention voted to secede from the Union. Not all of the delegates agreed, leading to a vote to determine whether a new state would be created. In the ...

“I’m a songwriter. I was looking for words,” songwriter Bill Danoff once said about writing “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. “The words that I loved in that song were Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah ...

Despite its deep connection to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was actually inspired by a backroad in Maryland. The song came together with John Denver in a late-night writing session and ...

Sugarland will reunite on the road this year with Little Big Town on their newly-announced 2024 Take Me Home Tour. The duo are making a big return to country music this year and updated fans on their ...

Dec. 1 (UPI) --Lana Del Rey has released a cover of a John Denver classic. The 38-year-old singer-songwriter shared her version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on Friday. Denver, who died at age 53 ...

Lana Del Rey has released her take on the 1971 John Denver classic ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’. The one-off single follows her ninth studio album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd ...

At this point in her career, Lana Del Rey could release an entire album of her excellent covers — from Sublime’s “Doin’ Time” to Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” to her newly-released rendition of ...