Country music was changing in a big way in the 1960s, and these three songs from 1961 played an important part.

Willie Nelson honors his late friend Merle Haggard with his new album Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, which launches at No. 1 on one chart in the U.K. TOPSHOT - US musician Willie Nelson performs ...

HOUSTON — Music legend Willie Nelson lent his voice and his heart to a cause close to millions on Wednesday, joining MD Anderson Cancer Center as it launched a $2.5 billion philanthropic campaign to ...

“Shooting this campaign with Willie Nelson was an incredible honor and something I’d dreamed of since my earliest days with Canada Goose,” explains Ackermann of working with the country icon. By Chris ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson both earn Grammy nominations for ...

Let’s get ready to rumble! In an exceedingly rare father-son faceoff, the 2026 Grammy Awards will feature 92-year-old Willie Nelson in one corner and his 36-year-old son Lukas in the other as the two ...

Willie Nelson’s “Last Leaf on the Tree” is also nominated for best Americana album. This is Texas country legend Willie Nelson's 57th Grammy nomination. He has already earned 12 wins, including a ...

Music critic and author Geoffrey Himes took a daunting approach to writing his new Willie Nelson biography: Tell the story through decades of albums — and grade them. That meant going back and ...

Rocker Neil Young, 79, credits Willie Nelson’s sonMicah Nelson, 35, for getting him back out on the road after health issues and a cancelled tour derailed the legendary folk rocker’s spirit and left ...

Willie Nelson is one of the most beloved figures in American music. An outlaw-country star since the 1970s, he cemented his reputation on such albums as "Red-Headed Stranger," "Phases and Changes" and ...

A rumor that circulated online in October 2025 claimed country music icon Willie Nelson memorialized slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a song titled "Let's Make Heaven Crowded." Snopes ...