Willie Nelson News

Inside RCA Studio A, whose sale has sparked a wave of backlash from the Nashville music community, Ben Folds addresses press and supporters.

Country has always drawn from African-American music, but as part two of this Southern-fried funk compilation series shows, that cross-genre impulse got wildly amplified in the Sixties and Seventies.

You could call it a comfort food, but when you get down to it, a Krispy Kreme doughnut is closer to an obsession or an addiction.

Scott Register hosts "Reg's Coffee House" on Birmingham Mountain Radio each Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed - Misery Ben Watt - Forget Bad Things - Vices Bon Iver - Heavenly Father Puss N Boots - Don't Know What It Means Spoon - Do You Fire Mountain - Be Your Eyes The Heavy Hearts - Georgia Grown Jeremy Fischer - I Love ... (more)

Only one artist has ever expressed to me his thanks for not making him hostile during an interview, and that's Jamey Johnson.

If A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Ben Daniels wasn't such a happy transcendentalist, his band might resemble the more angst-ridden Dirty Projectors.

Grammy-winning country vocalist Lee Ann Womack and Grammy-winning musician Jerry Douglas will host IBMA's 25th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, scheduled for October 2 at Raleigh, North Carolina's Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Yesterday, Mary Sarah turned 19 years old. Today, she's releasing Bridges , a duet-filled album featuring cameos by some of the biggest living legends of country music.

"Sometimes love can be so wrong," John Hiatt sings in his bluesy growl during a recent set at the Iridium in New York City.

March 27: Taylor Swift performs with Ed Sheeran on stage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Country-Western great Willie Nelson has canceled his performance at the Eaton County Fairgrounds this summer, a concert that was intended to raise money to keep a local senior center afloat.

It seems almost incomprehensible that an 18-year-old singer could earn the respect of some of country music's biggest living legends, but Mary Sarah makes it seem like she's known them for years on her debut album, "Bridges."

The 38-year-old surrealist tattoos it like a skin artist from Elm Street Tattoo.

By Kelly Dearmore Aside from being as genius of a musician, Willie Nelson is a survivor, an activist and practical spiritual guru.

Richard Florida gave the graduation speech at Rutgers' Bloustein School in May. It is worth reading, for Richard's life story-from Newark to scholarship kid at Rutgers to grad student at Columbia to underpaid assistant professor at Ohio State to rock star professor now-is inspiring, mostly because he captured success by embracing the ... (more)

" On the gates of Graceland, there's Elvis playing guitar. We'd drive past it every day, and I said, 'Daddy, I want one of those,'" the decorated songwriter remembers.

"I think we're tied for the most bras tossed onstage," Dierks Bentley told the Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic crowd.

Not making this column about Independence Day would be like writing about Seattle without mentioning coffee.

Long before he remixed the song with Pitbull, Jerrod Niemann knew his song "Drink to That All Night" was going to be polarizing.

Seeing that the legendary Willie Nelson is performing at his annual 4th of July picnic this Friday, we at DC9 thought it time to do some wishful thinking about dear Willie.