Two years ago today (April 20), Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard released the single and video for âItâs All Going to Pot,â a tune from their duet album, Django & Jimmie. Written by Buddy Cannon, Larry Shell and Jamey Johnson, the song and video were released on 4/20, which is known as Weed Day inâŠâŠ MORE
One year after Merle Haggardâs death, more than 30 stars gathered at Nashvilleâs Bridgestone Arena last night (April 6) to pay tribute to the Hag on what would have been his 80th birthday. Dubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, the concert featured performances from Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, Kenny Chesney, MirandaâŠâŠ MORE
Itâs been exactly one year since the music world lost icon Merle Haggard, who died on April 6, 2016, on his 79th birthday from complications of double pneumonia. He had been in the midst of a concert tour when he was hospitalized in March 2016 and had to cancel several concert dates. Like the lifelongâŠâŠ MORE
The lineup for the Merle Haggard tribute concertâdubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggardâjust got a little bigger with the addition of Sheryl Crow and Rolling Stones guitarist/vocalist Keith Richards. âStuff happens, but you just have to be your own man, and have something to say,â said Keith in a statement. âSometimesâŠâŠ MORE
More than 20 starsâincluding newly announced Toby Keith, Alabama and ZZ Topâs Billy Gibbonsâwill come together at Nashvilleâs Bridgestone Arena on April 6 for a Merle Haggard tribute concert. Dubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, the concert will also feature performances from Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, DierksâŠâŠ MORE
More than a dozen starsâand more to be announced soonâwill come together at Nashvilleâs Bridgestone Arena on April 6 for a Merle Haggard tribute concert. Dubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, the concert will feature performances from Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Dierks Bentley, Loretta Lynn, Hank WilliamsâŠâŠ MORE
Itâs not exactly da Vinciâs The Last Supper, but one of Nashvilleâs favorite honky-tonks recently unveiled a new mural depicting some of country musicâs biggest stars, both past and present. The mural appears on one of the outside walls of Legends Corner on Lower Broadway. Any country music fan worth his or her weight inâŠâŠ MORE
Controversy can be a double-edged sword in country music. On the one hand, some spirited conversation about a song or album can elevate an artistâs profile, particularly in our present on-demand world. On the other, thereâs a real risk of being banished from radio. Here are 10 of country musicâs most controversial tunes, in orderâŠâŠ MORE
Keith Urban celebrated New Yearâs Eve with a free performance in Nashville on Dec. 31. Before the music note dropped (yes, Nashville drops a music noteâeat your heart out NYC), Keith performed a medley of hits in tribute to artists who died in 2016, including George Michaelâs âCareless Whisper,â Leonard Cohenâs âHallelujah,â Glenn Frey ofâŠâŠ MORE
Itâs never easy to lose someone and itâs especially hard when those people have made an impact on our lives. 2016 saw the passing of 10 country artists who have touched our lives with their music, including legendary artists Merle Haggard and Ralph Stanley and those we lost way too soon like Joey Feek andâŠâŠ MORE