ST. PETER — This year’s 15th annual Ambassadors’ BluesFest on Saturday has a full-day introduction with Young John Denver Fest bringing in a variety of performers to celebrate the late ...

Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. in 1943) was one of the most popular recording artists this country has ever known. Somewhere around the mid-’60s, he changed his name to John Denver, after ...

The story of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” begins in 1970 when John Denver collaborated with songwriters Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert during a music session in Washington, D.C. Denver had ...

Lana Del Rey’s set in the Palomino tent at Stagecoach Friday night had been billed in the original festival advertising as “a very special country set," but what that would entail, and whether ...

Lana Del Rey's "country" set at Stagecoach ranged from a new song referring to kissing Morgan Wallen to a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man." ...

He rose to fame in the 1970s with hits like “ Take Me Home, Country Roads ” and “ Rocky Mountain Hig h.” Denver’s warm, soothing voice and timeless lyrics made him a beloved figure in ...

The Chicks, Home (2003) Top Country Albums peak: No. 1 (19 weeks) Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 (four weeks) Notes: Though this didn’t win album of the year, it won best country album.

He has also just released a new album 'The Calling Course', written mainly while he was in Nova Scotia, and inspired by his family's history of working in the mines and life on the road.