American Songwriter

On This Day in 2020, Country Music Said Goodbye to the “Great Singing Talent” Who Wrote One of Willie Nelson’s Signature Songs

Five years ago today, the country music world lost a singer/songwriter who had a long friendship with Willie Nelson.
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Willie Nelson's Luck Ranch recreates famous movie set as neon frontier

Austinites don't need to cook something from Willie Nelson's cannabis cookbook to have a surreal experience in his "backyard.

Sons of 2 Country Music Icons Might Have a Dream Collaboration in the Works

In June of this year, Nelson released his very first album under his own name, titled American Romance. In a new interview ...
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At 40, Farm Aid Is Still About Music. It’s Also a Movement.

Willie Nelson launched the festival in 1985 to save family farms. Amid corporate consolidation, it’s now a platform for ...

Willie Nelson’s son Lukas on the real promise of doing it on his own

Willie Nelson’s son Lukas has put his band Promise of the Real on hold to go solo. He’ll bring songs from his first album under his own name to Cleveland’s Globe Iron on Monday, Oct. 20.

ARKANSAS A TO Z: Willie Nelson’s family made up of Arkansas natives

Willie Nelson is one of the most beloved figures in American music. An outlaw-country star since the 1970s, he cemented his ...