This iconic tune was originally recorded and written by Ed and Patsy Bruce. That version is beautiful, but Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson put together a cover of the tune for their 1978 duet album ...

In the late ’70s, country got a makeover—or perhaps, more aptly, a makeunder. For the last decade or so, the Nashville scene had brought a glitz and glamour that purists thought sullied the spirit of ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

Loping through his tongue-in-cheek song “Roll me Up and Smoke Me When I Die” on Sunday night, Sept. 15, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre, Willie Nelson cautioned, “Don’t bury me/I’ve got a show to play” ...