John Earl Haggard Sr., age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 29, 1941 in Charlevoix the Beautiful, the place he loved ...

Rocker Sammy Hagar picked a Merle Haggard song to ponder life after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Red Rocker took to social media to sing a slightly adjusted version of the chorus of Haggard's "Are ...

Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...

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 ...

A couple of months back, the son of Waylon Jennings, Shooter Jennings, announced the impending release of three albums, all containing archived Waylon Jennings music. The first of those three is ...

Among the many men and women of the hour during this weekend’s Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, Ethan Hawke was soaring arguably higher than even some the other featured guests, due to having two ...

Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...

The music-savvy actor-director honors Merle Haggard, bringing in today's top Americana stars to cover the late country legend’s songs over the course of the three-hour film. Hawke keeps the two-part ...

If you watched Ken Burns’ 16-hour “Country Music” documentary when it came out in 2019, you might’ve been wishing that every legend whose life flashed by too fast could get his or her own breakout, ...

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, ...

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 ...