While you were electronically adjusting your side-view mirrors or being guided by GPS or reading the external temperature gauge or something, a curious thing happened in rock: The car-song trend ...

Tracy Chapman is finally getting a new moment in the awards spotlight, 35 years after the release of her biggest hit, "Fast Car." The two gave an emotional performance at the GRAMMYs on Sunday, ...

We're nearing the end of summer, and it’s a fine time to contemplate the joy of the coming season. The automobile, on which many of us depend for our livelihoods, also tells a story about our culture, ...

Singer Tracy Chapman became the first Black woman to win a Country Music Association award Wednesday evening when her signature hit, "Fast Car," won Song of the Year 35 years after it was released. "I ...

Ever since people could jump in a car and hit the open road, they have been singing about it. In the early 1900s, songs like “The Motor Car,” “The Auto Race,” and “In My Merry Oldsmobile” were ...

Just after Tate McRae’s single “It’s ok I’m ok” became the biggest debut of her career, the Canadian multi-hyphenate hit us with another flirty pop song: “Sports car.” Featured on McRae’s third studio ...

Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" ended up driving her right to the coveted CMA award for song of the year — 35 years later. The Country Music Association donned the 59-year-old singer with the song of the ...

LeBron Hill is an opinion columnist for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee and the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices newsletter and Instagram account. The four-day summer country music extravaganza ...