Two years ago today (April 20), Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard released the single and video for āItās All Going to Pot,ā 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 inā¦ā¦ MORE
One year after Merle Haggardās death, more than 30 stars gathered at Nashvilleās 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, Mirandaā¦ā¦ MORE
Itās 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 lifelongā¦ā¦ MORE
The lineup for the Merle Haggard tribute concertādubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggardājust got a little bigger with the addition of Sheryl Crow and Rolling Stones guitarist/vocalist Keith Richards. āStuff happens, but you just have to be your own man, and have something to say,ā said Keith in a statement. āSometimesā¦ā¦ MORE
More than 20 starsāincluding newly announced Toby Keith, Alabama and ZZ Topās Billy Gibbonsāwill come together at Nashvilleās 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, Dierksā¦ā¦ MORE
More than a dozen starsāand more to be announced soonāwill come together at Nashvilleās 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 Williamsā¦ā¦ MORE
Itās not exactly da Vinciās The Last Supper, but one of Nashvilleās favorite honky-tonks recently unveiled a new mural depicting some of country musicās 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 inā¦ā¦ 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 artistās profile, particularly in our present on-demand world. On the other, thereās a real risk of being banished from radio. Here are 10 of country musicās most controversial tunes, in orderā¦ā¦ MORE
Keith Urban celebrated New Yearās Eve with a free performance in Nashville on Dec. 31. Before the music note dropped (yes, Nashville drops a music noteāeat your heart out NYC), Keith performed a medley of hits in tribute to artists who died in 2016, including George Michaelās āCareless Whisper,ā Leonard Cohenās āHallelujah,ā Glenn Frey ofā¦ā¦ MORE
Itās never easy to lose someone and itās 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 andā¦ā¦ MORE
