Clint Eastwood returned to the Old West in an uncharacteristic way by starring in the 1980 comedy Bronco Billy.

Nine and a half years after his death -- on his 79th birthday, in fact -- Merle Haggard is the subject of two new albums, one ...

Get to know Merle Haggard’s kids: Dana, Marty, Kelli, Noel, Jenessa and Ben Emy LaCroix is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She previously worked as the ...

Dolly Parton has said she would never date someone in the music industry, but that didn’t stop Merle Haggard from trying. The pair spent time together on a joint tour, and he fell in love with her.

On this day (July 3), in 2001, guitarist Roy Nichols died of a heart attack in a Bakersfield, California, hospital while being treated for a bacterial infection. He was 68 years old. While many ...

Merle Haggard was a man who wore many hats. Most notably a singer/songwriter, but also a husband, father, reformed criminal, and mentor to some of country music’s greatest stars. Being the class act ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Nine tracks from ...

From Hank Williams to Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton to Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles to Shania Twain, here are Rolling Stone’s picks for the 100 greatest country albums of all time… ’Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 – ...

Country music is the lifeblood of Whiskey Riff, and we pride ourselves on standing firmly in the corner of the independent artists, and those few in the mainstream still doing it the right way.

Merle Haggard enjoyed numerous artistic and professional triumphs, including more than 100 country hits (38 No. 1s), dozens of studio and live album releases, upwards of 10,000 concerts, induction ...

American Country Legend Merle Haggard was a lot of things at different times. Besides being a country singer, he was a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and skilled player of several other musical ...