Willie Nelson News

MESCALERO World renowned singer, songwriter and performer Willie Nelson will visit the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino for a performance at 7 p.m. Dec.

Folk musician and author Kinky Friedman tells Rachel Ray about his political ambitions for Texas, and what it means to be a hero.

By MAEGAN MCGOWEN Feature Writer Pat Green loves to tell a story with his music, and those stories wound around Texas like the strings wind around his guitar.

There's Young Hollywood, and then there's Young Nashville - bright, beautiful young music stars like Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Jake Owen.

Whitney Mann grew up the daughter of a grain farmer in tiny Camden, Mich., a town with a population of 500 lodged between the Saint Joseph River and the Indiana state line.

Willie and the Wheel: Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel celebrate their collaborative effort "Austin City Limits" at 11 p.m. on KLCS.

Ray Wylie Hubbard is, hands down, one of the most influential songwriters ever. Along with peers like Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Doug Sahm and Jerry Jeff Walker , he paved the way for generations of songwriters to follow.

It was a convergence of young and old at the 57th Annual BMI Country Awards . 19-year-old Taylor Swift won the prize for Song of the Year for the second year in a row and told the crowd, "I just want to say to every songwriter and every loved one of a songwriter, thank you, because you are the reason I wanted to try Nashville.

Starting out in Tucson, Eddie Spaghetti and co. made their way to the Pacific Northwest in 1989, and thrived in the burgeoning Seattle scene, but never quite sounded like their local contemporaries.

Nov. 8--When the Executive Inn Rivermont opened its doors on Oct. 14, 1977, it was hard to imagine that reality would outstrip the soaring dreams owner Bob Green and Owensboro officials had for the downtown hotel and convention center.

Talk to Jackie and Kim Bloom and you'll be itching to hit the broad highway to untold adventures in a cozy roving motor home - "rig," as these caravan gypsies call them.

He's a country singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. Willie Nelson is all those things, and an inspiration to one local group.

By PRESTON JONES  J ust before 10 p.m. one recent Friday, Fort Worth guitarist Michael Lackey stands onstage at the Ridglea Theater.

Late at night, in his bedroom in Yonkers, N.Y., James Voight used to sit up and listen to WWVA out of Wheeling.

The 19th annual Humboldt Hemp Fest takes place at the Mateel Community Center in Redway on Saturday, Nov.

Singer, songwriter, legend, icon. What is there to say about Willie Nelson that you don't already know? Willie and Family essentially the same band he's toured with since the mid-'70s return to Savannah for a concert in the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Music fans packed First Arena Tuesday night for Willie Nelson's concert. "I always loved ," said Walter Cunningham of South Corning, who said his favorite Nelson tune is "Crazy," made popular by Patsy Cline.

Willie Nelson is the original rambler, the man who embodies the country poet rock star.

"You're under arrest for the murder of Dawn Hamilton," the officer said. Bloodsworth, a former Marine, was convicted of sexual assault, rape and first-degree murder in the death of 9-year-old Dawn and sentenced to death.

Country singer and songwriter Trent Tomlinson is not the sensitive balladeer type.