Stacker compiled a list of noteworthy milestones from each year of country music history, using a variety of news articles, ...

Stacker compiled a list of noteworthy milestones from each year of country music history, using a variety of news articles, ...

If you've ever felt deeply moved or deeply seen by a song's lyrics, you can thank a songwriter. That's especially true in country music, where the words seem to pull on your heartstrings a little ...

Jimmie Rodgers is often called the Father of Country Music, and for good reason: no one looms larger in the genre’s early years. Also known as the Singing Brakeman because of his employment with ...

When Merle Haggard first got the invitation to join two of his prison mates in a grand escape from San Quentin, the plot’s mastermind, a man named Jimmy “Rabbit” Kendrick, gave Haggard a warning. He ...

"Meridian Rising" is a kaleidoscopic novel by musician Paul Burch about the final months of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers. The book's narrative structure includes a fictional memoir by Rodgers, ...

Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about his friend cussing ...

New Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers earned some points with Cyclone fans with a fiery speech during Thursday's Cy-Hawk men's basketball game. Rogers spoke to 14,000 fans at Hilton Coliseum in ...

New Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers has met with current Cyclones, and he shared his message. Iowa State basketball guard Killyan Toure on team's postseason defense Iowa State basketball guard ...

Iowa State is set to hire Washington State coach Jimmy Rogers to succeed Matt Campbell, the school announced on Friday. Campbell was tabbed as Penn State's new coach after a long search that began ...

Including last month’s release of “Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle,” the 92-year-old Willie Nelson released two albums this year. He did the same in 2024. And 2023. And … well, the pattern goes back ...

It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson, of all people, sing the famous lyric: “We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee.” Not only because the Texas county legend is a famed pothead, but also because his dearly ...