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All Songs Considered Holiday Music Special 2011
There's more to the season than "Jingle Bell Rock." This week, the All Songs crew spins some holiday music you might not have heard before.
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Review: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard, 'Django And Jimmie'
Django And Jimmie, comes out June 2.'/>More than three decades after Pancho & Lefty, the country titans pair up again, this time for an album that puts eclecticism front and center.(Image...
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Country Legend Merle Haggard Dies At 79
Outlaw, "Okie from Muskogee," poet of working-class values and a fixture in country music for 50 years, Merle Haggard died Wednesday, April 6, his 79th birthday.(Image credit: Ebet Roberts)
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His Songs Were Carved In Stone: Patterson Hood Remembers Merle Haggard
Haggard, who died April 6, was singularly rebellious and rootless, and his songs are a graduate course in everything timeless and true about music, says the Drive-By Truckers singer.(Image credit:...
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In Memoriam 2016
NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.
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One Year After Merle Haggard's Death, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Sings 'Bad Actor'
Watch Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Elsa Oldham perform the late-period Merle Haggard tune in a steam room.
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Ken Burns Gets To The Heart Of 'Country Music'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.(Image credit: Amy Sussman)
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World Cafe Looks Back: Country And Bluegrass
In this episode's tribute to country and bluegrass artists, hear from the Grand Ole Opry's Appalachian folk-inspired Charlie Louvin and the "Okie From Muskogee," Merle Haggard.
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Vince Gill & Paul Franklin On World Cafe
With Bakersfield, the duo pays tribute to two of country music's most respected artists: Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. Hear the musicians perform a set of songs from the album.
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Remembering A Country Legend: Merle Haggard On World Cafe
The "Okie from Muskogee" talks life, music and songwriting in this 2003 interview. Haggard died Wednesday morning.
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