It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words as “ninja,” “fishmonger” and “absinthe,” which are among the many pleasures found in the songbook of influential country songwriter Rodney Crowell. “Oh ...

In the late 1960s, Willie Nelson worried he wasn't ready for Nashville. By the mid-1970s, he knew that Nashville hadn't been ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Willie Nelson will release his 77th solo studio album (and his 154th album overall) titled ...

The first time I saw Willie Nelson in concert was July 4, 1976, at the Sterling Kelly Ranch near Gonzales. It was his fourth ...

Briggs got his start in Muscle Shoals and went on to be one of the elite group of studio musicians known as the Nashville ...

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard's biggest hit came from an impromptu recording session at 5 a.m., post-10-day-cayenne juice ...

A pair of new Willie Nelson projects -- his own album and a tribute -- lead a particularly busy week of new releases, with ...

Four albums into a successful career that's included collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Mike Campbell and Willie Nelson ... Fallon and it was in the Country Music Hall of Fame for a while.

One of Austin's most iconic murals depicting a Texas country music legend is back and better than ever. A Willie Nelson mural has returned to downtown Austin after its original version was ...

In March, Lukas Nelson unveiled American Romance ... The country torchbearer’s second act–arriving on June 20 via Sony Music Nashville–was heralded by “Ain’t Done,” a stirring ...

HOUSTON MUSIC: Pitchfork names most influential musicians. Here’s how Houston fared. Band members also shown playing cards with Willie Nelson in a wood-paneled room. The beginning of the video ...

The song title “Half A Man” was strangely appropriate for Willie Nelson in 1963. As he approached his 30th birthday, the Texan troubadour had already paid endless dues in his attempts to have ...