History as you've never seen it: albums, artists' births, rumors, and more: discover with us what happened this week in music history.

Nelson had the idea to found Farm Aid in response to the 1980s Farm Crisis, after seeing the success of the Live Aid charity ...

The iconic artist whose 1985 comment inspired the festival will perform at Nelson's annual benefit for family farmers.

The year Farm Aid first filled Memorial Stadium was the year I graduated from high school. I remember watching on The ...

Musicians have often offered their talents to meet the needs of the moment— and then moved on. The focus and longevity of ...

"Nobody wrote any better songs than Hank," said Willie Nelson. "It was a simplicity, a melody, and a line that anybody could understand." ...

Watch a young, clean-shaven Willie Nelson perform one of his earliest songs, "Funny How Time Slips Away," in 1962.

In interviews before the strike, the always Zen country music legend Nelson and sometimes ornery heartland rocker John Mellencamp explained how Farm Aid got started.

If you know the Waterboys, it’s probably “The Whole of the Moon,” a perfect song, now 40-years old, covered by Prince and Jack Antonoff and admired by many more. That lyric I mentioned is in ...

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025. As we head into the homestretch, we take a moment to look back at ...

Sheryl Crow was in the middle of the bill that included Bob Dylan, plus formerly Philadelphian songwriter Katie Crutchfield, ...