With the release of two discs on January 25, Bright Eyes turned this edition of Gear Live Playlist into singer-songwriter central. We also look at recent releases by Minnesota songster Mason Jennings ...

When it comes to country music, there's no one quite like Willie Nelson. Over the course of an astonishing career that's lasted more than 60 years, he's written and performed some of the most enduring ...

At this point, if you enter into a poker game with Willie Nelson and wind up losing all your cash, you've got no one to blame but yourself. The country legend's fondness for high-stakes games and ...

One of the most vibrant and creative eras in country music history began with a fire at a pig farm. In December 1970, the 400-acre spread in Ridgetop, Tenn., belonged to Willie Nelson, a singer and ...

Shannon McNally isn't an Austinite, but the singer-songwriter who currently calls Nashville home has ties to the Live Music Capital. She's spent much of the past few years singing Texas songwriter ...

Willie Nelson’s career has spanned seven decades, producing some of the most iconic and revolutionary music in the country genre. Nelson also personifies the sub-genre known as outlaw country—a ...

Always On My Mind' was taken to Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard while working on a record, but Haggard didn't care for the ...