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 enjoyed numerous artistic and professional triumphs, including more than 100 country hits (38 No. 1s), dozens of studio and live album releases, upwards of 10,000 concerts, induction ...

In 1983, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recorded the hit album "Pancho & Lefty," the cover of which shows the two country legends against a desert backdrop, Nelson smiling and Haggard working his ...

A singer singing about his or her feelings for someone else is normal – be it pop or country or any other type of music. But it is rather un-normal for a performer to declare his love for another ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's walk-up ...

Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up music ...