Pop! Goes the Country was a weekly show that let audiences across the nation see country stars and up-and-comers perform. Additionally, the show featured interviews with those artists. As the title ...

At 73, two years removed from lung surgery, and two months from a related chest infection, Merle Haggard should be at home recuperating on his idyllic 189-acre ranch near California’s ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, the country music concert founded by Willie Nelson as a fundraiser to benefit farmers. Held in Champaign, ...

BIANCULLI: Today, we're going to listen to our 1995 interview with country music star Merle Haggard. Jon Caramanica, in The New York Times, once described him as, quote, "the country music titan who ...