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

YouTube Music's 2026 country radio experience is bridging decades — weaving the grit of legends like Willie Nelson and Tammy Wynette into streams that also champion today's chart-toppers such as Ella ...

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

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 ...

On May 2, 1976, Merle Haggard scored his third consecutive No. 1 album with 'It's All in the Movies', featuring his eighth ...

Two tributes to the late Merle Haggard -- one by his friend and occasional collaborator -- surface this week, leading new offerings from Mavis Staples, Portugal. the Man, Rosalia, Paramore’s Hayley ...

From a troubled childhood to the unforgiving walls of a San Quentin prison cell, Merle Haggard certainly overcame plenty of obstacles on his own to get to some of his greatest career highs, but none ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — He lived the kind of remarkable life that befits a character from a classic work of fiction — but the Merle Haggard story needs no fictional embellishment. His flawed, ...

(Sponsored) Dust off your boots and get ready for a night of classic country music in the Southwest desert. The Virgin River Casino & Lodge in Mesquite, Nevada, proudly presents “A Tribute to The Hag, ...

Merle Haggard had a lifelong fascination with trains. After he became a star, he acquired his own railway observation car. And that railway car, on which you can book passage, is now part of the ...