Willie Nelson honors his late friend Merle Haggard with his new album Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, which launches at No. 1 on one chart in the U.K. TOPSHOT - US musician Willie Nelson performs ...

HOUSTON — Music legend Willie Nelson lent his voice and his heart to a cause close to millions on Wednesday, joining MD Anderson Cancer Center as it launched a $2.5 billion philanthropic campaign to ...

“Shooting this campaign with Willie Nelson was an incredible honor and something I’d dreamed of since my earliest days with Canada Goose,” explains Ackermann of working with the country icon. By Chris ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson both earn Grammy nominations for ...

Music critic and author Geoffrey Himes took a daunting approach to writing his new Willie Nelson biography: Tell the story through decades of albums — and grade them. That meant going back and ...

Willie Nelson is one of the most beloved figures in American music. An outlaw-country star since the 1970s, he cemented his reputation on such albums as "Red-Headed Stranger," "Phases and Changes" and ...

A rumor that circulated online in October 2025 claimed country music icon Willie Nelson memorialized slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a song titled "Let's Make Heaven Crowded." Snopes ...

A rumor circulated online in September 2025 that country music icon Willie Nelson unexpectedly performed a new "defiant anthem" with Grammy-winning singer Taylor Swift at a concert in Austin, Texas, ...

Willie Nelson is one of the most distinct country music voices out there. And while his best works are songs he penned himself, there’s also something to say about a few covers he’s done of other ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A raucous cheer ripped through the crowd at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bounded onto the stage just before midnight Saturday to introduce Willie ...

Countless pundits have had their say on what makes Willie Nelson tick. But the only person who really knows is the Red Headed Stranger himself. He also recounts the story behind his famous 1974 Dallas ...