While country singer Merle Haggard was making a name as a maverick of the “Bakersfield sound,” he was also welcoming his kids ...

Forty-three years ago today, George Jones and Merle Haggard released a Willie Nelson-penned duet that later went to No. 1.

In an appearance on Nashville Now podcast, Lukas Nelson says how he spends time with father Willie Nelson, playing music, listening to Merle Haggard.

So as Haggard gets ready to join sons and daughters of other classic country artists on Oct. 8 in St, John's, he hopes he can at least do his part to keep real country music alive and well in ...

NASHVILLE — Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as ...

The Essential Merle Haggard Okie From Muskogee (Capitol, 1969) All of Haggard's Capitol releases are worth discovering, but this live album captures him both at the height of his fame, and among ...

Merle Haggard fell deeply in love with Dolly Parton. When he looked back on his behavior, he couldn't help but cringe.

On this day, August 1, 1966, Merle Haggard recorded his first-ever No. 1 hit, "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive" in Los Angeles, California.

Merle Haggard performs onstage during day one of 2015 Stagecoach, California's Country Music Festival, on April 24, 2015 in Indio, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach ...

Merle Haggard, the outlaw country legend whose music explored ordinary people and working-class struggles, died on Wednesday, his 79th birthday.

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 ...