He is Willie Nelson. And these are his 50 essential songs. Much of the fun in this rollicking, honky-tonk favorite is in its musical variation on “puff puff pass,” as Nelson intros the song then steps ...

Jordan Schmidt is a Duluthian turned Nashville songwriter and producer and he has really struck it big, writing some of the ...

Country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini opens up about new music, her romance with Chase Stokes and ventures in film and ...

Ahead of Stagecoach 2025, alternative rock band Creed talks possible new music, a new generation of fans revitalizing their ...

The Sidewinders were living their rock 'n' roll fantasy — major label record deal, national tours, songs on the radio. And ...

Pearl Jam, Tems, Ledisi, The Headhunters, Rickie Lee Jones and more musicians and bands to see on the second Saturday of Jazz ...

The best moments from Stagecoach Sunday's third and final day of the festival, including Luke Combs, Midland and the ...

The Courant’s arts picks for April 27 through May 3 include music competitions, a Christie Brinkley book signing, a concert ...

We’ve previously looked back on some of the biggest guilty pleasures from the ‘70s and ‘80s, so we’re doing one final lap ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.

In a new podcast from Rural Remix, reporter Lane Wendell Fischer explores the origins and evolution of country music.

Van Halen fired Hagar in 1996, after which the singer returned to making music under his own name and focused on his bars — ...