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Released in early 1975, "Always Wanting You" became the 20th No. 1 hit for Merle Haggard, spending two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and continuing his dominant run during the ...

Even without being able to ask Merle Haggard myself, I would assume that nothing in his life ever felt quite like the day he was released from San Quentin prison. Through the thrills of becoming a ...

The music-savvy actor-director honors Merle Haggard, bringing in today's top Americana stars to cover the late country legend’s songs over the course of the three-hour film. Hawke keeps the two-part ...

The director gathers a who’s who of musicians for performances and conversation about the country luminary. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Nine years after Merle Haggard’s death at 79, ...

Get to know Merle Haggard’s kids: Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben Emy LaCroix is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She previously worked as the ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, the country music concert founded by Willie Nelson as a fundraiser to benefit farmers. Held in Champaign, ...

The Virginia Scenic Railway in Staunton has added a refurbished vista dome train car, the Shenandoah, to its fleet. The Shenandoah, originally named the Silver Palace, offers passengers panoramic ...

Merle Haggard was friends and partners with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings. However, he was never a part of their supergroup, The Highwaymen. Even though Haggard ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's walk-up ...

Poker has a long Old West and cowboy history and that apparently includes some regular play among some of country music’s biggest names. WhiskeyRiff.com reflected recently on a game involving country ...

Tomorrow, country music legend and Texas icon Willie Nelson turns 90. At this stage, he’s outlived most of his friends and contemporaries including Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Ray Price, Buck ...