Cody Johnson‘s new rendition of Merle Haggard‘s “Footlights” was timed to come out on the late legend’s birthday — which also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been a cruel season of loss in the music community, felt most recently with the departure of Merle Haggard, the titan of ...

Here's to the Hag. When it comes to a Mount Rushmore of Country Music, it's pretty hard to have a conversation about it ...

Sturgill Simpson has surprise-released a second bluegrass album. Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 2 – The Cowboy Arms Sessions arrived early Friday morning with 12 new recordings, including the previously unheard ...

Country music fans can now hear Merle Haggard's last song. "Kern River Blues," the final tune that "the Hag" ever recorded, was released on Thursday (May 12). "I'm flying out on a jet plane / Gonna ...

Merle Haggard's tour bus driver inspired his song "Big City", which hit No. 1 on the country music charts o 1982.

Both icons passed away on April 6.

The California native already been through so much by the time he turned 20—including a two-year stint in San Quentin Prison—that, by the time he’d signed his first record deal in 1962 at the age of ...