Willie Nelson News

Begin with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984, and remember who you're talking about.

Neil Young's 5 p.m. session was officially billed as an "SXSW Interview," but it felt more like a keynote address, given that the completely full house in the Convention Center's largest ballroom buzzed with anticipation and adulation for the legendary rocker.

The weekend after the big Bunbury Music Festival at the Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove parks along the riverfront, another festival by the same fest organizers, Buckle Up, is set to make its debut.

This Wednesday March 12th, at Music City Roots - Live from Loveless Cafe Barn, the featured artists will include Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Wild Ponies, Cabinet, Don duprie and Teea Goans.

Living legend Willie Nelson hit the Main Stage of Rodeo Austin on Sunday, March 9 and mega star Johnny Depp joined him on stage to perform his entire set.

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.

He's become one of late-night TV's funniest men and now Jimmy Kimmel is taking his show on the road.

The Heights Center presents Nashville Songwriters on Stage Tuesday, March 25 at the Center, 15570 Hagie Drive in Fort Myers.

"Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island" is a documentary screening March 13 as part of a film series on sustainable living at The Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island in Garden City.

Grammy-winning country star Kacey Musgraves, who won best country song and best country album at the 2014 Grammy Awards, comes to Vancouver March 10 on Canadian tour.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today for Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss with Union Station's summer tour stop at the Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre.

One of the icons of the music world, Jimmy Webb , appeared at The Iridium last night, March 6, and will follow up with a performace tonight, March 7. Tonight, there will be a 8:30 & 10:30 show.

Another line-up change following the 2011 release of Go-Go Boots doesn't seem to have stripped the meat from the bones of Southern country-rockers Drive-By Truckers.

The already-disgraced Pete Rose plead guilty in 1990 to filing false income tax returns related to the sale of autographs and memorabilia.

Courtesy of David Bromberg David Bromberg, the 68-year-old 'Godfather of Americana' who once called Marin County home, has returned to music with the new album 'Only Slightly Mad.'

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.