Most holiday songs celebrate joy, family and festive cheer. In 1973, Merle Haggard took a very different approach.

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

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 ...

All three American Idol judges served high praise for Hannah Harper’s sweeping cover of a great Merle Haggard ballad. Carrie ...

The haunting ballad found mainstream success years later through a legendary country collaboration.

The country music world was left heartbroken after the news of singer Dylan Carter’s death on April 25. He was 24.

Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote the blue-collar anthem "Take This Job and Shove It'' and created ...

The track’s origins tell a much different story than its chart success suggests, adding to its fascinating legacy.

Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's most recent listing of the 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time. Written in 1968, the song remains a timeless classic that ...

On American Idol's first-ever Taylor Swift Night, Hannah Harper impressed with a heartfelt rendition of Swift’s “Mean” and a stripped-down Merle Haggard classic. Judges praised her authenticity and ...

Johnny Depp is back on screen and looking grosser than ever. The Pirates of the Caribbean star appeared in person at CinemaCon on Thursday to introduce the first footage of his turn as Ebenezer ...

Chris Stapleton earns his third career hit — and first in half a decade — on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Airplay chart as "Here" with Mumford & Sons debuts. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Chris Stapleton ...