Haggard is a great American artist, full stop. The details of his personal life are interesting, I think, only because of the songs he wrote and sang, and the records he made. I’m a critic, not a ...

One of Merle Haggard's classics. In 1973, Merle released "If We Make It Through December" as the lead single for his Christmas album Merle Haggard’s Christmas Present, but it later became the the ...

Fifty-two years ago today, Merle Haggard started a four-week run at the top of the country charts with a future signature song.

Merle Haggard was one of the greatest country singer/songwriters to walk the earth. He was also one of the only (reformed) criminals in the Outlaw Country movement. Haggard also helped to bring the ...

Twenty years ago, the country legend talked with Variety's chief music critic about what drove him to write the anti-Bush/anti-Iraq-war song, now being revived as the Republican VP candidate's walk-up ...

Flawless. Back in 2010, Merle Haggard was part of the Kennedy Center Honors class, and of course, some of his fellow country artists showed up to pay tribute to The Hag on a very special evening.

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

"America First" was a theme in JD Vance's speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, and it was even a theme in his intro music to the stage. Vance greeted the crowd at the RNC Wednesday ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Country legend Merle Haggard has been brought into the national spotlight again, thanks to vice presidential candidate JD Vance repeatedly using one of the late singer’s anthems as his walk-up music ...