When Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings met at a Tempe nightclub in the 1970s, neither knew it was the beginning of an outlaw ...

suggests Nelson’s affection for the songwriter has grown in recent years. Willie doesn’t avoid poppier material from Crowell: The album opens with the insistent “What Kind of Love,” a hit ...

On April 17, Willie ... album; it does not attempt to "speak to the moment." The 12 compositions — most of them recorded by Crowell or other artists over multiple decades — find Nelson singing ...

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It's pretty hackneyed to claim that a blog post or viral video has "won the internet," but then there's Willie Nelson celebrating his 80th birthday by making an audition tape for the upcoming ...

His setlist also included a sample of the tunes on the new Nelson album, and Crowell noted “I’ve won a couple Grammys, but I’d have to say having Willie do this is my crowning achievement.” ...