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  • ‘American Epic’ Gives You a New History of Music

    American Epic has spent the past couple of weeks reintroducing America to its musical past. This documentary series, a co-production of PBS and the BBC, has traced history as far back as the 1920s: The show’s premise is that this was the decade when new portable recording techniques allowed various musical historians, cultural anthropologists, and businesspeople to go out and record many pioneering blues, folk, and country performers for the first time in the artists’ careers. The result, as the show puts it, is “the first time America heard itself. ...

  • Retro Stars Come Out to Celebrate 50th CMA Awards

    On the 50th annual CMA Awards, stars from now and then took the stage in a show opening that won’t soon be forgotten. Acts included Alabama and Ricky Skaggs.

  • Best Moments From ‘American Country Countdown Awards’

    "The American Country Countdown Awards" aired on Sunday, and some of the biggest names in country music performed, such as Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood.

  • Merle Haggard, Country Music Legend, Dies at 79

    Country music legend Merle Haggard died Wednesday, on the singer’s 79th birthday. The Tennessean reports that Haggard died in California. The Associated Press reported that Haggard’s manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, east of Redding, in northern California.

  • Country music's biggest stars react to Merle Haggard's death

    Country music legend Merle Haggard passed away on Wednesday -- his 79th birthday -- and stars took to social media to pay their respects.

  • Country Legend Merle Haggard Dead At 79

    An incredible loss for the country music community.

  • WATCH: Merle Haggard On Why He's Still Touring At 75

    "That's what I'm for, that's what I do," Merle Haggard, "poet of the common man," said about the music that has catapulted him to stardom. "The Hag" met with TODAY show correspondent Jenna Bush Hager to discuss why retirement is "not in the picture" as he continues to tour at age 75. The two also talked about the Johnny Cash concert in San Quentin prison that inspired Haggard to turn his life around, and the battle with lung cancer that nearly ended his career a few short years ago.

  • 7 Songs In Honor Of County Music Legend Merle Haggard's Birthday

    On this day, 75 years ago, legendary country music singer Merle Haggard was born. For the younger generation, who may not be privy to the classics put forth by Haggard, commonly known as "The Hag," just know that he was country music in the sixties and seventies.