The story of outlaw country starts in very different places, depending on who is spinning the yarn. Historian Joe Nick Patoski wonders if it all started in 1972, after Willie Nelson’s home outside ...

The country music rebels of the 1970s had grown tired of Nashville’s establishment. Though they weren’t the only ones, four renegade musicians transformed country music. Known as The Highwaymen, Kris ...

This iconic tune was originally recorded and written by Ed and Patsy Bruce. That version is beautiful, but Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson put together a cover of the tune for their 1978 duet album ...

Country singer Sam Outlaw has released an unconventional new project that combines songs with surreal vignettes. Dubbed Hat Acts, the EP opens with the sounds of a country bar and a woman in search of ...

This summer DevilDriver will at long last release an album consisting entirely of outlaw country-gone-metal covers, Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol. 1. To celebrate the coming desecration of everything that ...

With the publication of his not-quite-for-children children’s book, “Outlaw Pete,” Bruce Springsteen has surprised even himself. Writing such a book “was the last thing I saw coming,” he says, never ...

The changes in the show aren’t limited to the song selections. Drummer Jerry Pentecost left the band and was replaced by Dylan’s gospel-era bandmate Jim Keltner. Pedal steel guitarist Donnie Heron ...

Merle Haggard expressed his disdain for modern country music and said that Martina McBride's 'Independence Day' is one he especially hated.

Ray Wylie Hubbard's 2020 studio album Co-Starring is full of collaborations with the songwriting legend's musical friends: living legends including Ronnie Dunn and Ringo Starr, but also younger and up ...

A star-studded lineup is coming together for a once-in-a-lifetime concert in honor of one of country's biggest legends. Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw will take place on Jan. 12, 2019 at ...

Alejandro Escovedo’s expansive new song suite, The Crossing, is coming to life one track at a time ahead of its September 14th release, with a chugging, streetwise new chapter out in the form of ...