American Songwriter

On This Day in 2019, We Lost the Songwriter Who Penned Decades of Country Hits Thanks to His Friendship With Lefty Frizzell and a Series of Divorces

Seven years ago today, the songwriter who penned hits for the likes of George Strait, Johnny Rodriguez, and Merle Haggard died.

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the ...

The Song That Defined Bob Weir’s Role in the Grateful Dead

This Weir tune took the band to the outermost edges of improvisation, and imbues the lonely work of all their touring with ...

He rode a horse to Portland ICE protests claiming to be Mexican. His family says his story isn’t true

Seated atop an Andalusian horse he called Príncipe, the man told reporters that his name was Mateo Garcia and that he was a ...