Go ahead and add Volume I to the title. Not only does Merle Haggard wish it so, but well, it’s just gotta be. Everything about The Bluegrass Sessions (McCoury Music) screams authentic, but there’s one ...

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Country Hall of Famer Merle Haggard's four-decade career veers into a new direction of American music with the release of "The Bluegrass Sessions," due Oct. 2 through Del McCoury's McCoury Music… By ...

Merle Haggard first incorporated bluegrass into his sound 40 years ago with his 1967 hit, “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde,” which featured Glen Campbell on banjo. While honky tonk, Western swing and ...

Merle Haggard produced their first album. They spent seven years as his opening act. On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Malpass Brothers bring that pedigree to the Calvert Elks Lodge in Prince Frederick, the next ...

Merle Haggard can make a case for himself as the hardest working man in country music these days. Before the year's out, Haggard plans to put out his first-ever bluegrass album, "Runaway Mama," and a… ...

Sturgill Simpson's newly released Cuttin' Grass Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions features bluegrass versions of songs in his back catalog -- that is, until its 12th and final track. Haggard and ...

Don't look for the plastic cowboys of today's country charts to try this, but Merle Haggard feels right at home amid this acoustic music. The grizzled bard of Bakersfield keeps his own music fresh ...

If you're a fan of the late Merle Haggard and bluegrass music, JD Crowe & Ricky Wasson's "Hats Off to Haggard" (Truegrass Entertainment) is an album you'll want to have. In 2016, J.D. Crowe and Ricky ...

The Grascals release "Haggard," a Country song. A never-recorded ballad by the regarded Country and Bluegrass writer, Harley Allen, "Haggard" is the true story of Allen's dog who was named after the ...

Merle Haggard first incorporated bluegrass into his sound 40 years ago with his 1967 hit, "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde," which featured Glen Campbell on banjo. While honky tonk, Western swing and ...