When Marla Cannon-Goodman wrote "Unfair Weather Friend" with her frequent collaborator Ward Davis, neither of them imagined that two of country music's greatest icons -- Willie Nelson and Merle ...

Keith Richards traveled all the way from England to pay tribute to his good friend Merle Haggard at the Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard tribute concert in Nashville on Thursday night ...

Merle Haggard Paramount Theater SFJAZZ Oakland, CA February 13, 2016 Some consider Merle Haggard to be “The Poet Laureate of California." Certainly, he is the state's most famous singer-songwriter and ...

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 ...

Generally speaking, an artist has little say over which song in their catalogue becomes a signature track—something Merle Haggard had to learn the hard way after he came to regret a song that ...

A&E aired a concert special called Merle Haggard: Salute to a Country Legend on Monday, April 13. The "Mama Tried" singer and Toby Keith were good friends before Merle died on April 6, 2016. Toby once ...

In the expensive effort to move Merle Haggard's childhood home to the Kern County Museum, most fans are donating money, time or labor. But Theresa Spanke decided to offer up something a little more ...

Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up music ...

Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up music ...