Robyn Hitchcock’s career began in the ’70s as the lead singer of the Soft Boys, a British band who were only active for five years in their initial phase, but who turned out to be hugely influential ...

Seven years ago today, the songwriter who penned hits for some of the biggest names in country music in the 1970s died.

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Along the same lines, Garth Brooks’ “Mom” tells the story of a baby apprehensive about leaving God to come to earth, when God ...

Woodstock, Georgia-born Kenny Whitmire grew up hearing the rock and country sounds his pastor and musician father would play ...

Country legend Merle Haggard went to play at the great honky-tonk in the sky 10 years ago. He died April 6, 2016, during a ...

Third wave Bako sound, Los Hermanos Mendoza, Bakersfield Sound, Numbskull, Good Medicine, Presqu’ile Winery, BarrelHouse ...

The $58 million project to revitalize Merle Hay Mall is happening at the “right time and the right place for exactly the right users,” said Liz Holland, the CEO of the group that owns the mall. The ...

The cover version climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles, more than a decade after the song's original release ...

Merle Haggard was known for a lot of things, his influence on honky tonk being one. Here are a few songs that give that same ...