As he told me in a 2022 interview, “There’s a certain elemental truth to Jimmie Rodgers as a recording artist. You can learn a lot about the way life really is by listening to him. He didn’t sugarcoat ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is going back into the archives to release historical books about important figures in country music. The lives and careers of Country Music Hall of Fame ...

"Meridian Rising" is a kaleidoscopic novel by musician Paul Burch about the final months of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers. The book's narrative structure includes a fictional memoir by Rodgers, ...

The scope of Country music was forever changed by Jimmie Rodgers. His time as a railroad worker prior to fame introduced him to a variety of musical styles—namely traditional country, blues, “hobo”, ...

Paul Burch assigned himself a difficult and audacious writing task: creating a fictional account of the life of country music legend Jimmie Rodgers through a multitude of voices, including Rodgers' ...

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he ...