![Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson Perform at Bluebird Cafe, During NSAI Ceremony [video]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/wp-content/themes/leaf/images/no-image-small.jpg)
I wonder is this is the kind of “Old Fart” music that Blake Shelton was referring to? Two country music icons, and Highwaymen band-mates, made an appearance at one of Nashville songwriters’ hallowed grounds to…
Legacy Recordings will release “Let’s Face The Music And Dance,” a collection of new studio performances by Willie Nelson and Family, on Tuesday, April 16. The album is the first in a series of releases…
I don’t do a lot of “top whatever” lists but as an advanced mediocre guitar player I’ve always been fascinated by the instrument. So here goes! I asked my much more intelligent than myself twitter…
Not too be cynical, but Christmas albums are often little more than a money grab from big artists.They makes perfect business sense but rarely results in laying out hard-earned dollars to add to your collection.…
![Book Review: Willie Nelson – Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road [William Morrow]](http://www.twangnation.com/blog/http://example.com/uploads/2012/11/roll-me-up-300x300.jpg)
As far as I can tell Willie Nelson doesn’t man his Twitter account himself. The country music, hell American music, legend’s new book “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die‘ is probably the closest thing…
While indulging my frequent music video ADHD I followed a YouTube trajectory to a series of videos of Jamey Johnson doing classic cover of Waylon Jennings and Patsy Cline and the like . One really…
Willie Nelson was forced to cancel a fund-raiser appearance in the Denver area Sunday night because he was having trouble breathing attributed to emphysema and the high altitude and was taken to a local hospital.…
I loved this idea when I heard of it last year in it’s inaugural voyage featuring Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show -documented on the documentary “Big…
Today would have been Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday. I have gone on record as saying that I think direct political commentary in music cheapens it. Inevitably someone plays the Guthrie card to prove that politics…
If you’re lucky enough to have your father near, hug him and tell him you love him, and get him a damn beer! Here are some Country and Americana music performances by fathers and their…