Angus Young says he doesn’t care about guitarist polls and is not fussed about where they rank him. In Rolling Stone’s Best Guitarist poll Angus was ranked at no 38 below St Vincent, Maybelle Carter, ...

Saturday, June 21, at the hallowed Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, Appalachia Rising features music chameleon Jim ...

A.P. Carter formed the group with his wife, Sara Carter, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Carter. Other members of the Carter family, often called the first family of country music, performed in ...

An eyebrow-raising interaction between up-and-coming country superstars Shaboozey and Megan Moroney is raising new questions ...

Riddle is a blues musician oft cited by historians for closely collaborating with A.P. and Maybelle Carter in the late 1920s and helping them develop the sound of what first become known as ...

Not content to stop there, Riddle also helped Maybelle Carter develop her renowned "Carter Scratch" guitar style, featured in many Carter Family songs, including "Wildwood Flower." Beyoncé fans ...

At the American Music Awards, Shaboozey questioned Megan Moroney's assertion that the Carter Family invented country music.

Shaboozey rolled his eyes at Megan Moroney during the 2025 AMAs when she claimed the Carter Family 'basically invented country music' ...

Shaboozey responded Tuesday with a country music history suggestion for the viral 2025 American Music Awards moment, where he ...

Riddle also taught A.P.’s bandmate and sister-in-law, Maybelle Carter, his style of guitar finger-picking, which further influenced her famous “scratch” style of playing. While the Carter Family have ...

and Riddle in particular is cited as an influence on the group for helping A.P. Carter with songs and for teaching Maybelle Carter his guitar style. Still, as Shaboozey seems to reference ...