Nelson reinterprets “Okie from Muskogee,” and some of Haggard’s other biggest hits, on the new 11-track LP, Workin’ Man: ...

Nelson recorded Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, produced with Mickey Raphael, at his Pedernales Studios in Austin. It features Raphael on the harmonica; “Sister Bobbie” Nelson on the piano; Kevin ...

Always On My Mind' was taken to Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard while working on a record, but Haggard didn't care for the song, leaving it to Nelson.

Merle Haggard enjoyed numerous artistic and professional triumphs, including more than 100 country hits (38 No. 1s), dozens of studio and live album releases, upwards of 10,000 concerts, induction ...

Merle Haggard was one of the greatest country singer/songwriters to walk the earth. He was also one of the only (reformed) criminals in the Outlaw Country movement. Haggard also helped to bring the ...

Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

Sturgill Simpson has surprise-released a second bluegrass album. Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 2 – The Cowboy Arms Sessions arrived early Friday morning with 12 new recordings, including the previously unheard ...

Ask fans of the Bakersfield Sound to name their favorite Merle Haggard song, and they’re likely to call out masterpieces like “Workin' Man Blues,” “If We Make it Through December,” “Silver Wings” or ...

On this day (November 25) in 1941, songwriter and pianist Bobby Wood was born. After unforeseen circumstances halted his solo career, he became a session musician and songwriter. He recorded with the ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Nine tracks from ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Haggard's biographer Marc Eliot about his book: The Hag. Haggard spent his early years going from family tragedy to odd jobs to broken marriages to petty crime to prison.