Like all art, music leaves a cultural imprint representing the events, feelings, successes and failures of the time that birthed it. While various styles of music capture the experience of the groups that listen to it, Top 40 pop speaks for the masses. With 2020 around the corner, let’s…

After a lengthy court battle with his old label and the devastating loss of his grandfather, no one could have blamed country singer-songwriter Scotty McCreery for dropping his music career and returning to his quiet North Carolina hometown. Operating from the wheelhouse of pop country, Scotty McCreery’s rise from…