Willie Nelson News

You wonder sometimes when the aging legend is finally going to lose his edge. Certainly with an iconic country star like Merle Haggard, who turns 77 next month and has beaten back cancer once already in his well-traveled life, any next time through town might be his last.

"We decided to call this album Revelation because we want to make music that reveals something to people about their lives and their world," says Jojo Garza.

Roland Swenson was a 31-year-old proofreader and deliveryman for an alternative weekly newspaper in 1986 when he persuaded his bosses to put on a local music festival.

Alison Kraus and Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas, have signed onto a country bill with fellow Grammy winner Willie Nelson and Kasey Musgraves on Friday, June 20, the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook.

Willie Nelson is set to turn 82 years old in April, but as those in attendance at Walton Arts Center Tuesday night can attest, the country music star has never sounded better in his storied career.

Mick Clohisey on his way to winning the senior men's 12,000m in Dundalk, Co Louth.

American Country band, The Lost Trailers , has been signed to perform at the 2014 Dixon May Fair.

For the last seven years, the iTunes Music Festival has been held for free in London.

Outlaw country has traditionally been a male province, but Nashville-via-South-Carolina singer Nikki Lane breaks stereotypes on her Dan Auerbach-produced second album All Or Nothin' , set for release May 6th.

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Snow and ice-covered roads did not freeze concert-goers' plans to see Willie Nelson on Tuesday night at the Walton Arts Center.

Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket announced the arrival of iconic diva Diana Ross on Sunday, June 22 at 7 p.m. The former Supreme performs in the Grand Theater on her "In The Name Of Love" Tour.

The first batch of new releases for March is a fatty one! Info and links for the ones you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of , with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure.

Released: Mar 4, 2014 Genre: Southern Rock, Alternative Country, Soul Label: ATO Records Number Of Tracks: 13 The majority of the album somehow sounds like a Neil Young-led Lynyrd Skynyrd with guest appearances by Willie Nelson and Keith Richards.

After a three-year break from recording, Georgia's favourite southern-rock-alt-country ambassadors are in full-fledged garage-band mode on album No.

The first weekend of March saw concert ticket on-sales for several major spring and summer tours.

The stars have come out to shine at the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Jan. 26, 2014 in Los Angeles.

THERE MAY BE no more magnetic town in America today than the Texas capital. Austin anchors the fastest-growing metro area in the country, with a population that expanded by more than 2% in 2013.

Ravinia Festival unveiled its 2014 season schedule today, Feb. 27, with a lineup of 130 acts taking the stage June 5 through Sept.

Call it "spring fever," but March is busting out all over with events in our corner of the Southwest.