Daily Dirt for Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 I’ll be honest, the Willie Nelson I have listed is the one that really gets to me ...

Jim McBride, Hall of Fame songwriter best known for writing the country hit “Chattahoochee” for Alan Jackson, has died.

By Tim HenneyReader Contributor The last era in which our beloved 250-year-old democracy was faced with extinction, as it is today, was the early 1940s, when we of the free world (Allies) defended ...

This compilation project from Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser did something no country album ...

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir ...

Willie Nelson is one of my biggest musical influences. It just doesn’t get any better than hearing him sing a song I wrote.” ...

Jim McBride, a Huntsville native and acclaimed songwriter who co-wrote country hits including “Chattahoochee” and “Chasing ...

Nothing beats a Willie Nelson throwback. It feels like the Red Headed Stranger has been around forever, does it not? In a way... he kind of has been. The 92-year-old country music legend was born in ...

Willie Nelson is the writer behind some of country music’s biggest hits, including Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”, Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Paper”, Faron Young’s “Hello Walls”, and more. But perhaps surprisingly, ...

After more than seven decades in music, you might think Willie Nelson has heard — and sung — it all. But even now, at 92, there are still a few songs that get to him every time. The country legend was ...

Willie Nelson, notorious outlaw, country-music icon and current champion of Not Being Dead, has once again had to reassure the internet that he is, in fact, still breathing. The 92-year-old Texan ...

Including last month’s release of “Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle,” the 92-year-old Willie Nelson released two albums this year. He did the same in 2024. And 2023. And … well, the pattern goes back ...