While touring together in the early 1970s, Merle Haggard had already fallen in love with Dolly Parton. Haggard even wrote a love song for Parton, “Always Wanting You,” which he released on his ...

"I think Merle is a great singer and songwriter, and probably he was in as bad a shape as I was, but we’ve never been close since that night.” ...

These classic country songs have inspired dozens, if not hundreds, of covers. And none of those renditions have beaten the ...

Meghan Patrick celebrates impact of good fathers on her 2024 song “Iron Man,” which celebrates the lessons she’s soaked in ...

That came as “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd was overlaid on top of the narration from Tom Hanks, and when the song kicks in during the film, it makes for an unforgettable moment in the movie.

Country music and jazz music share a lot more common ground than one might think. Here are three jazz standards that became ...

As she explains in the compilation’s liner notes: “Writing—such as recording family stories, inscribing birth and death dates in a Bible, maintaining correspondence or annotating cookbook recipes—was ...

The Beatles were massive country fans, but today’s fans might not be aware of just how much their influence affected country music.

The country music world was rocked this week as news broke that Mark Laws, a popular drummer and band leader for singer Alex Miller, was killed in a shooting in Tennessee. His tragic death marked at ...

Dolly Parton once asked Bob Dylan to sing on her cover of his 1992 classic "Blowin' in the Wind," but he turned her down.

For decades, Dolly Parton has fed fans country classics, and now she's really bringing them a real taste of the South. The country music legend announced the launch of single-serve frozen meals ...