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.

In honor of one of Bakersfield's most famous sons, the Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, a grand birthday celebration for the iconic country music legend Merle Haggard, returns after a four-year ...

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 ...

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), has announced a multi-year partnership as the official bank and first presenting sponsor of the Country Music Association’s CMA Fest, the world’s ...

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.

A somewhat troubled childhood led to years spent behind bars for Merle Haggard.

Joe Peters was born in Bakersfield, known by many as the “Country Music Capital of the West.” Raised with a rope in his hand and a guitar slung over his shoulder, at 8 years old, he won his ...

Joe Peters was born in Bakersfield, known by many as the “Country Music Capital of the West.” Raised with a rope in his hand and a guitar slung over his shoulder, at 8 years old, he won his first ...