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 ...

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Pianist and music industry executive David Briggs, famed for his work in Muscle Shoals as well as with Elvis Presley and ...

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

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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 ...

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

The song was inspired by Nelson's grandmother who read from the Bible and would often sing the Christian hymn "Rock of Ages" after dinner.

In 1959, a new kind of club opened in Dallas. It was called The Rubaiyat. It served coffee. And, despite what Austin will ...

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson were some of the best-known outlaws in country music ...

Then, Phases and Stages, a concept album for which Willie abandoned Nashville altogether and recorded down in Muscle Shoals.