Fifty-six years ago, Merle Haggard started a seven-week run at the top of the chart with his second hit live album.

Merle Haggard produced their first album. They spent seven years as his opening act. On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Malpass Brothers bring that pedigree to the Calvert Elks Lodge in Prince Frederick, the next ...

County music artist Billy Ray Cyrus sang “Some Gave All” at Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips’ funeral.

Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus traveled to Kentucky to honor fallen Trooper Hayden Phillips, sharing memories from a ...

Cyrus meets family of fallen Trooper Philips before memorial service.

Tanya Tucker recalls sneaking out at 21 to see Merle Haggard in Texas and says the country stars stayed friends until his death.

Tanya Tucker is reflecting on the early years of her friendship with country legend Merle Haggard — and how she once snuck out of her house to spend time with him. The “Delta Dawn” singer, 67, was 21 ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — With over 60 albums released and countless awards over her illustrious career, Dolly Parton has had widespread influence on modern music. But who influenced Dolly Parton?

The audio history lesson tracked America's story from the Revolution through the Civil Rights era. By Tom Roland When America approached its Bicentennial in 1976, the country’s celebrations included ...

Merle Haggard’s feelings toward Dolly Parton were rather unextraordinary when one considers just how many people are enamored with the bubbly, vivacious, and witty country music star. But what made ...

All three American Idol judges served high praise for Hannah Harper's sweeping cover of a great Merle Haggard ballad. Carrie Underwood even made the young finalist promise she'd record a proper ...