Tag Archives: willie-nelson

Nobody could have a bad day singing with Willie Nelson, which is probably why Manu Chao sounds pretty upbeat on his duet with Nelson, “Heaven’s Bad Day.” The track appears on Viva Tu, Chao’s just-released first record in 17 years. The artists sing, “Nobody come to visit my heavens today,” …

Exactly 50 years after Willie Nelson appeared on the debut episode of Austin City Limits, the country legend will once again return to the long-running series for a special concert celebrating its half-century anniversary. The taping for the Austin City Limits 50th Birthday Bash will take place on October 17, …

The producer of Willie Nelson‘s upcoming Last Leaf on the Tree album — Nelson’s son, Micah — has said that the through line for the LP is “facing death with grace.” On the surface, Nelson’s latest single, a cover of the Flaming Lips‘ existentialist psychedelic rocker “Do You Realize??,” fits …

You’d have to look pretty far and wide to find anyone in music who has been as consistently good or eternally enjoyable as Miranda Lambert. Almost 20 years into her run, she’s defined her career by always going her own way, both musically and lyrically.Her ninth solo set was recorded …

The announcement of Willie Nelson‘s 76th studio album, Last Leaf on the Tree, comes with good news and better news. The good news is that the lead single is Nelson’s cover of Tom Waits’ “Last Leaf,” a track that Waits cut with Keith Richards for 2011’s Bad as Me. The …

A month after cancelling all concert dates due to an unspecific illness, Neil Young will be returning to the concert stage as part of Farm Aid at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Sept. 21. He’ll be joined by his fellow Farm Aid board members …

After missing half a dozen or so concerts of the Outlaw Music Fest due to unspecified illness, Willie Nelson returned to the stage for his annual Fourth of July Picnic, held outside of Philly in Camden, New Jersey, on Thursday. Nelson, throwing his arms in the air in victory, was …

After missing the first seven shows of the Outlaw Music Festival due to an unspecified illness, Willie Nelson will be returning to the concert stage July 4th in Camden, New Jersey —just across the river from Philadelphia — for his annual Fourth of July Picnic. He will, however, be sitting …

Willie Nelson has been “cleared” to return to his co-headlining Outlaw Music Festival with Bob Dylan after missing the tour’s first week of shows due to an unspecified illness. On Friday, the country legend’s social media announced that Nelson had been “cleared by his doctors to go back on the …

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell heard about plans for country greats like Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, and Dierks Bentley to honor the band’s music on the covers collection Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, he felt it made perfect …