American Songwriter

On This Day in 1975, a 42-Year-Old Willie Nelson Proved It’s Never Too Late, Notching His First No. 1 With a Classic Popularized by Roy Acuff

On this day in 1975, a 42-year-old outlaw country singer named Willie Nelson scored his first No. 1 country hit.

Country Legend, 92, Hit #1 on the Charts 50 Years Ago Today With Song That Kickstarted His Career

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular ...
WGN Radio

Dean Richards’ Entertainment Report: James Beard Awards, Willie Nelson, and Matthew Perry

Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joins Bob Sirott to provide the latest news in entertainment. Bob and Dean talk about the James Beard Award winners, Willie Nelson’s health announcement, ...
Baltimore Brew

After listening to Willie Nelson albums for half a century, a Baltimore music critic grades them

Geoffrey Himes hopes his new book, out next week, will be the definitive account of the celebrated musician, who recently performed with Bob Dylan and Sheryl Crow at the Merriweather Post Pavilion.