Billy Joe Shaver, a contributor to the 1970s “outlaw country” movement and the man Willie Nelson once called “the greatest living songwriter,” passed away Wednesday. He was 81.

Outlaw country emerged in the 1970s when artists like Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings united in their efforts to resist a Nashville studio system that ...

The "Weatherman" singer stars in 'Rebel Country' alongside Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, BRELAND and more Sam Williams is redefining the meaning of a country music outlaw. In an exclusive clip from ...

Kris Kristofferson passed away on 28 September at the age of 88, in Maui, Hawaii, leaving behind not just a void in music and film but an entire legacy that reads like folklore. His death wasn’t ...

The man who turned outlaw country into a way of life© Joe Corrigan/Getty Images Tepper, Willie Nelson and producer Buddy Cannon in 2017.© Jason Davis/Getty Images ...

“The Outlaw Country Cruise becomes a place where that legacy of what happened in the mid-1970s lives on,” Tepper told Rolling Stone in 2019. “It’s still alive and we’re moving it forward.” ...

Sam Outlaw Mixes Surreal Vignettes With Honky-Tonk Music on New EP Country singer, who makes his Grand Ole Opry debut this weekend, has released his latest project 'Hat Acts' ...

The song "Country Outlaw" comes from Big Smo's new Special Reserve album, set for release on Feb. 23. “In a world of make-believe country music and wanna-be rap, a true artist must make a ...

Jul. 12—Outlaw country is headed to the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center when Gregg Hall & the Wrecking Ball play July 22. The band has been performing smaller shows and having luck, so when ...

He died on Feb. 7 at the age of 66, and even how he went was out of the ordinary. He was a host aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise and his family said he suffered a “cardiac event,” that took ...