Ten years ago, on April 6, 2016, the legendary Merle Haggard died on his 79th birthday at his Shasta County, California ranch ...

On May 2, 1976, Merle Haggard scored his third consecutive No. 1 album with 'It's All in the Movies', featuring his eighth straight No. 1 hit.

Despite overwhelming success in the country music sphere, Haggard didn’t exactly have the same luck in his romantic life. The California-born artist married five times throughout his nearly eight ...

In a time when it feels like most songs are put together in a studio like a math equation, many tracks seem like they are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - A Merle Haggard bluegrass album may be a strange concept to some, but it's not really a stretch at all. Backed by an all-star band that includes Marty Stuart, Carl Jackson and ...

The title of Ethan Hawke’s new documentary about Merle Haggard is “Highway 99 a double album” — so for those too young to remember life before streaming playlists, it’s worth noting a double album is ...

Willie Nelson is releasing "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," his 78th solo album, as a tribute to Merle Haggard. The new album features 11 covers of Haggard's songs, including "Workin’ Man Blues" and ...

Most holiday songs celebrate joy, family and festive cheer. In 1973, Merle Haggard took a very different approach.

The legendary Willie Nelson is paying homage to another outlaw country legend in a new studio album out Friday, November 7. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle will contain 11 tracks on which Nelson ...

The director gathers a who’s who of musicians for performances and conversation about the country luminary. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic The double album consists of 26 tracks, ...

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 ...