In the 1970s and 1980s, country music was shifting rapidly ... own path in the genre and recorded what we refer to today as outlaw country. Pushed forward by country legends like Willie Nelson ...

Nashville, Tenn.? Waylon Jennings, whose rebellious songs and brash attitude defined the outlaw movement in country music, died Wednesday after a long battle with diabetes-related health problems.

Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame member Webb Wilder will perform Friday at Twisted Tree Music Hall in Jacksonville, IL.

This was new to country radio at the time. “This is marriage music, in the way that rock and roll is not and the way outlaw country wasn’t,” said longtime music journalist and author ...

Image caption, Charley Pride (left) and Johnny Cash were some of the most popular country music stars of the 20th Century In the 1970s and 1980s, Willie Nelson pioneered ‘Outlaw’ country music ...