Willie Nelson News

“Both of the Willies have quite a range, I think - ' and depending on your own context, your own knowing of classics of any kind, we can tend to bring to any individual artist what we want to highlight”

Just in time for the most romantic day of the year, tonight is opening night for Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's Love, Etcetera: Dances to William Shakespeare and Willie Nelson . via DCist

“Longevity is definitely harder now because there's such a disposable mentality”

A handful of rising stars hope to make their first stroll to the podium at Sunday's Grammy Awards, which will celebrate the show's 50th anniversary by toasting icons as well as ushering in new talent. via USA Today

“Willie, dancing and fingerprinting.”

Your View is your chance to share your opinion with the Statesman and our readers. via Austin American Statesman

He's a little bit country; he's a little jazz. But on a New York City stage in early January, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis played the blues in four sold-out performances. via Caliente

“We have never doubted that when (Metallica) hits the stage, they're going to deliver and turn a lot of people on”

The list of performers at this year's Bonnaroo festival - which includes headliners Pearl Jam and Metallica, along with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Kanye West, Willie Nelson and Jack Johnson - pushes its ... via The Tennessean

“There was too much similarity between the two. And I saw a building fall that didn't get hit by nothing.”

Country music legend Willie Nelson compared the collapse of the World Trade Center to the controlled implosions of casinos in Las Vegas while on nationally syndicated radio this week. via Free Republic

Caption: Willie Nelson and Annie Nelson leaves Jean George's restaurant in Manhattan . via ContactMusic.com

“The Holmes Brothers are juke-joint vets with a brazenly borderless view of American music.”

Holmes Brothers to appear at Music and Arts Festival Brian Hineline 31.JAN.08 A trio that combines the roar of the roadhouse and the reverence of the church will headline this year's Honesdale Roots & Rhythm ... via The Weekly Almanac

“I'd be lying if I said I got into this racket to work”

Signed to Seattle's Sub Pop Records in the early '90s, the Supersuckers were at ground zero for the birth - and death - of the ephemeral movement dubiously dubbed grunge. via Asbury Park Press Online

The first thing you think when you see Willie Nelson these days is, "Damn, he's old!" And at 74, old is an accurate description. via Las Cruces Sun-News

Moment of Forever Some six decades into a career that has spawned some of country music's most memorable songs, the seemingly indefatigable, always iconoclastic Willie Nelson remains his own greatest creation ... via The Boston Globe

BLONDE JOKE Blonde Ambition , Jessica Simpson's latest bid for big-screen stardom, is no laughing matter Oh, how easy it would be to write a nasty slag-off of Blonde Ambition , the Jessica Simpson romantic ... via EntertainmentWeekly

Classic Rock, Classic Country: As per usual, Willie Nelson will play two nights at The Backyard for both locals avoiding SXSW and tourists willing to skip one night of showcases to see Austin's most enduring ... via Austinist

Home : Features : Music : Willie Nelson to Turn 75, Special Disc Sets Released to Pay Tribute Willie Nelson to Turn 75, Special Disc Sets Released to Pay Tribute 24-Jan-2008 Written by: Jessica Dines Musician ... via TheCelebrityCafe

“We're a plant. We just cut and process. To us, that's our job. If it's a chicken, or a turkey, or a horse, or a bison, or a cow, that's what we do.”

The once-booming business of killing horses in the United States died last year after court cases effectively shut down the country's last three abattoirs. via National Post

Legacy Recordings is launching a year- long celebration of Willie Nelson's 75th birthday with the release of ONE HELL OF A RIDE, a monumental 4-CD, 100-song retrospective covering all phases of Nelson's 50-plus ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

To celebrate Willie Nelson's 75th birthday on April 30, Legacy Recordings will roll out a series of special projects, the first of which is the April 1 release "One Hell of a Ride," a four-disc, 100-song boxed ... via 105.7 The Bull

“Django sounded like Jimi Hendrix or something on an acoustic guitar -- fiery and really vibrant”

Guitarist John Jorgenson has insanely fast fingers -- they're nothing but a blur when he's notes-deep into "Ultraspontane," the title track from his latest CD. via NPR

Moment of Forever Willie Nelson A journalist once made the observation that, over the years, Willie Nelson has had four wives but only one drummer. via LEO Weekly