Merle Haggard might not have written "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive", but it still struck a fearful chord in his heart when he heard it.

The outlaw country music kicked off in the 1960s, and it all started with a few choice rebellion songs that didn't fit the ...

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 ...

Willie Nelson is releasing "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," his 78th solo album, as a tribute to Merle Haggard. The new album features 11 covers of Haggard's songs, including "Workin’ Man Blues" and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Merle Haggard didn’t just write great country songs, he lived them. His real life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an early stint in prison and a life ...

Ernest is just a vessel through which music fans can discover the country music artists of yesteryear... his words, not mine. The hit-making singer and songwriter recently joined The Pat McAfee Show ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Nine tracks from ...

A monument to music legend Merle Haggard is planned for the area in front of the Muskogee Civic Center, where Haggard recorded the live album, "Live from Muskogee," released in 1969. A bronze statue ...

It turns out that Merle Haggard was a generous man to be in bar with. In fact, he once bought so many drinks it came to a ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Haggard's biographer Marc Eliot about his book: The Hag. Haggard spent his early years going from family tragedy to odd jobs to broken marriages to petty crime to prison.