Iain Martin has an excellent post on Philip Blond and his Red Tory project. Read More
At this time of year and with December all but upon us Mr Haggard offers a rare but necessary perspective on all this Christmas Cheer. Read More
Merle Haggard , Loretta Lynn , Dolly Parton and the late Johnny Cash and Tammy Wynette are among the country stars featured in an upcoming reissue of a 1978 television special filmed at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Read More
In November 1969, the world discovered Muskogee, Oklahoma , U.S.A. And the city where "even squares can have a ball" has been reaping benefits and enduring taunts ever since Merle Haggard 's "Okie From Muskogee" went No. 1 on the charts 40 years ago. Read More
Country music legend and Palo Cedro resident Merle Haggard is singing the financial blues. Read More
Jerry Lee Lewis released a digital EP, Mean Old Man , through Amazon.com on Tuesday (Nov. 10). Read More
Slide on your boots and put on your best cowboy hat - Oildale is 100 years old! Read More
"We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy, like the hippies out in San Francisco do," my friend Joe bellowed into the microphone at a bar in San Francisco as he sang the lines of Merle Haggard's 1969, "Okie from Muskogee." Read More
Merle Haggard has racked up 38 No. 1 country hits; sung with George, Dolly and Willie; toured with Bob (Dylan, that is); entered the Country Music Hall of Fame; recorded with Toby Keith and publicly defended the Dixie Chicks. Read More
In Issue 1088 , Rolling Stone 's Jason Fine wrote an epic profile of badass legend Merle Haggard. Read More
As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s. Haggard became one ... Read the full Merle Haggard bio.