Billy Bass Nelson, who played with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic for years, has died at 75, the band has announced ...

George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...

The headline at the top of this blog post probably isn’t fair. Willie Nelson did not actually record a duet with Jobe Smith, ...

ATLANTA — As the clock strikes midnight, several books, cartoon characters, and songs will enter the public domain. So, what does that mean? It means the 95-year U.S. copyright maximum has been ...

You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. At ninety-two, the musical ...

In a revealing profile from The New Yorker, writer Alex Abramovich followed Nelson on tour this past year, chronicling the Texas legend's life on the road past and present. Abramovich also spoke to ...

Willie Nelson is the subject of a new profile in The New Yorker today. Writer Alex Abramovich followed Nelson, 92, on tour this year, to get a window into this final phase of his legendary life. There ...

Willie Nelson, and specifically his life on the road, is the focus of a new opus profile in The New Yorker. The highlights are many, but Bob Dylan’s attempt to explain the appeal of Nelson stands ...

After more than seven decades in music, you might think Willie Nelson has heard — and sung — it all. But even now, at 92, there are still a few songs that get to him every time. The country legend was ...

In a pre-dawn raid in November 1990, feds armed with warrants, padlocks, and chains seized everything Willie Nelson owned—his golf course, ranches, studio, all of it. Only one thing slipped through ...

You and me both, Willie. The pace at which he continues to work is impressive, to say the least… and as we all know, he’s earned every bit of the icon status he now enjoys at a spry 92-years-old. In ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Give or take a day, Willie Nelson has ...