Joni Morris was a little girl growing up in Stockton, attending her Baptist church singing gospel songs with her parents. “It was a big part of church and I loved it,” Morris said. “I didn”t sing in ...

In 2019, while leading the music series, Liner Notes, featuring songwriters performing songs they wrote and sharing the stories behind their hits, Rita Wilson connected with one of her “songwriting ...

With a terrific pop sensibility, instantly recognizable voice and the ability to seemingly effortlessly cross over from country and western into such related genres as honky-tonk, gospel and even ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 29, 2025. Click here for that audio. Singer Patsy Cline helped create the Nashville sound, a crossover between country and pop, in the 1950s and ...