Merle Haggard News

Linden, Texas, isn't generally thought of as a music Mecca, but one of its native sons - Don Henley - went out of his way this past Sunday to catch Merle Haggard 's appearance at the Music City Texas Theater .

New West Records proudly introduces Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX , the latest DVD release from the acclaimed PBS Austin City Limits television series.

Below are the lyrics to Okie From Muskogee. This song was written by Merle Haggard in 1969.

Blessings and curses still come to the - poet of the common man' By Wayne Bledsoe Friday, August 1, 2008 Country legend Merle Haggard says he is now happy that commercial country radio ignores his releases: ...

Senator Barack Obama has will.i.am . Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had Merle Haggard.

The Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts presents the second in their summer concert series with the Jim Phillips Band.

THE TELECASTER HAS a reputation as an unforgiving guitar. Step onstage with one around your neck, and if you're not careful, it'll hang you.

They taste good, you can wear them and, if sleep eludes you, count them as they jump over low fences.

Toby Keith spent the '90s as a solid, workmanlike country star who met with considerable chart success, yet never quite broke free of the neo-traditionalist pack to become a household name like Garth Brooks or ...

Music City Texas Theater has only 420 seats and is tucked away in the Piney Woods of Linden, a town whose population barely cracks 2,200. But since the music hall's founding in 2003, it has welcomed two members ...

Man charged with impersonating famous country singer's son A Kalispell man has been accused of chartering a private jet to Mexico while impersonating Noel Haggard and then charging the $61,000 bill to a ...

Rock band O.A.R. will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Civic Auditorium.

Still a young band, the Grascals nonetheless are an experienced bunch. "Keep On Walkin'," the group's third album, deepens its trademark blend of bluegrass roots and hard-country themes.

We were curious: What if you dispatched an army of music lovers to take the pulse of the local music scene? So we did.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee : Bluegrass singer Del McCoury has a funny new song called "40 Acres and a Fool" about a city slicker who hits it big in the stock market and moves to the country to become a rancher.

As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s.

To followers of the country music talent competition Nashville Star, pop vocalist Jewel has become a very recognizable face.

Frank McCracken sings an old Merle Haggard song at the Winston Veterans of Foreign Affairs hall recently.

Louisiana native Andy Griggs grew up listening to the sounds of Merle Haggard, but turned his head toward outlaw country and gospel by the time he reached college.

The Delta Sonics will be in Sterling on July 18 to play at the July Jamz Friday concert series at the Courthouse Gazebo.