Bakersfield-inspired Nashville songwriter Larry Bastian, 90, has died. Among his many hits included Garth Brooks' “Unanswered ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Board of Parole on Tuesday recommended a pardon for country music star Jelly Roll, a ...

Merle Haggard wowed the crowd with an incredible performance of "Natural High" at a 1985 fundraiser in Illinois.

Both Kern and Tulare Counties encompass country music's renowned rural Bakersfield area. Thus, by the genre — and the area's — boom in the 1970s, he used a connection to 1965's Academy of ...

Americana-beloved performer Dwight Yoakam will headline an Americanafest-presented concert at Ascend Amphitheater on Sept. 9, 2025 ...

The Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino announces the canceled Dwight Yoakam performance has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov.

"The Bakersfield Sound," Robert E. Price's authoritative history of the hard-edged style that transformed country music, is now on sale for $21.95. "The Bakersfield Sound: How A Generation of ...

Television is filled with shows that spotlight creative art forms especially food programs. “Now Hear This” host Scott Yoo points out that his series that looks ...

Shooter Jennings and the Werewolves of Los Angeles will bring a genre-blending set that mixes Jennings' own catalog with the songs of Warren Zevon, while Ben Haggard, son of country legend Merle ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Soon, college athletes may make even more. A high-profile class-action lawsuit will likely allow schools to pay athletes ...

From Turlock south, the view from your car is an endless array of orchards, row crops, and trains. Vineyards start sneaking ...