Did you know Dolly Parton wrote and gave away two songs to her country music contemporaries Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings ...

Protest songs have been part of American history for centuries — from “Yankee Doodle” during the Revolutionary War period to “Okie from Muskogee” by Merle Haggard to Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” — and ...

Norm Hamlet is a music legend. The 90-year-old has lived an extraordinary life playing the steel guitar, making him a major ...

Merle Haggard has always been a stellar lyricist and singer, but this video proves that the man also had quite the knack for penning a poem.

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Bob Dylan's seminal 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right' has been had many renditions over the years. Here we pick out five of the best, from country to indie.

"I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old," Parton wrote in an Instagram post announcing the song. "We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together. Like all great love ...

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Country music legend Merle Haggard has died after battling double pneumonia ... according to his manager. Haggard was diagnosed with pneumonia last year and spent 11 days at the Eisenhower Medical ...

So what's not to like? The issue is that there isn't much of a song here. Alexander's sandy, agreeable voice pairs nicely with Quesada's elastic guitar work, but the lyrics rarely reach for more ...