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Leslie Greif opened the series’ playlist exclusively for Deadline and there is serious star wattage in there, including an original song performed by country music legend Willie Nelson, which ...

WILLIE NELSON had better hope country radio treats old guys better than chicks. When Dixie Chicks front woman Natalie Maines maligned President Bush at a London concert last year, stations ...

Willie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song Willie Nelson, who is 91, released “Last Leaf on the Tree” on Friday, his second studio album ...

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

Country music legend Willie Nelson returned to the stage on Thursday to a thunderous standing ovation after briefly stepping away due to health concerns.

The announcement of Willie Nelson‘s 76th studio album, Last Leaf on the Tree, comes with good news and better news. The good news is that the lead single is Nelson’s cover of Tom Waits ...

Willie Nelson, whose heartbreaking new album "Last Leaf on the Tree" comes out Friday, talks about grief, legalizing marijuana, and that Beyoncé collaboration.

Country music icon Willie Nelson has written a Christmas song with an edge -- a protest against the war in Iraq that he hopes will stir passions in those who hear it. Nelson, 70, told Reuters on ...

Legendary San Francisco Giants center fielder Willie Mays' role as a civil rights figure was complex, but nonetheless critical in the broader pursuit of racial equality in the U.S., historians said.

Rock legends Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp are highlighting farmers in the way that they know best: through song.

Bobbie Nelson, the longtime piano player in her brother Willie’s band and a grounding influence in his life and music, died on Thursday in Austin, Texas. She was 91.