Illness forces Willie Nelson to postpone shows

Dream Chaser

"Last night a new song came to me faster than I could write it down. Sometimes I wonder if there'll be another, then another comes around." So Willie Nelson intones on the eponymous song of his latest LP. "Another comes around": this seems to be the case, as we find him here in good form on his 79th solo album (and 156th overall!!). These are mostly slow songs — "After All" is an exception — and fit well into the troubadour's vast corpus. ...

Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard were and are troubadours, longtime friends, collaborators on three albums and pop culture icons. Merle passed away in 2016. Willie is still going strong at age 92. For this, his 155th album, Willie and company pay tribute to the Hag by showcasing 11 of his best songs in true Willie Nelson-style. These are some of Willie's favorite Haggard tunes. They include iconic numbers like "Okie From Muskogee," "Mama Tried," "Tonight ...

Oh What a Beautiful World

For his 77th solo album, Willie Nelson continues his habit of focusing on a single songwriter. This time around, it's Rodney Crowell, whose material Nelson first tackled way back in 1983. Four decades later, the pairing produces a heartwarming, heartfelt set of tunes from throughout Crowell's catalog. At this point, not much surprising happens on a Willie album. His band is solid and dependable, adapting to Nelson's vocal idiosyncrasies in sympathetic arrangements, massaged by ...