For his upcoming 78th studio album, Willie Nelson reached deep into Merle Haggard's catalog to honor his late friend.

In the world of country music, there are many disparate regional influences — think Red Dirt in Oklahoma, and of course, the Nashville sound — that influence the genre. But few have had the outsized ...

For the second week in a row, Bakersfield serves as the backdrop for an eagerly anticipated feature film. After Ethan Coen shined a spotlight on the town with his noir “Honey, Don’t!” the city gets ...

They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...

We take a musical journey through Bakersfield, CA. We take a musical journey through Bakersfield, CA, exploring the roots of the legendary Bakersfield Sound. Join Roy as he visits the Kern County ...

Country music’s iconic stage has slowly revealed a list of 100 songs that encapsulate the best of the fans’ opinions of country music.

“Country Music” hits the road. Ken Burns covers the turbulent 1960s in episode five of his 16-hour documentary epic, "The Sons and Daughters of America." Airing Sunday night on PBS, the episode takes ...

Queens country singer and pianist Tennessee Walt will bring the Bakersfield Sound, a mid-20th century country music genre, to the Bryant Library in Roslyn on Sunday, March 30. Along with performing ...

Ted Kooser lives in Garland, Neb., with his wife Kathleen Rutledge. He served two terms as U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2005. Q: The cover art for ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

The Texan outlaw country singer-songwriter Blaze Foley lived a chaotic life and didn’t get around to releasing much music while he still walked the mortal plane. The 39-year-old Foley was shot to ...