Many country music fans know Steve Earle for his 1988 hit song “Copperhead Road.” That song alone would give him all the Outlaw Country cred he would need to make this list.

Outlaw country emerged in the 1970s when artists like Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings united in their efforts to resist a Nashville studio system that ...

Alex Williams reimagines tracks by Poison, Tesla, Mötley Crüe, and Skid Row on Space Brain, a record that blurs the line ...

A lot of country singers get called "outlaw." But here are some legendary performers who really served prison time. 3 Country Singers Who Were Real-Life Outlaws - American Songwriter ...

In his new book, Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville, Michael Streissguth provides an in-depth look at the rise of this renegade country music movement, how it changed ...

In the 1970s, country music began and ended on Nashville’s Music Row. As crossover crooners such as Glen Campbell and Charlie Rich offered up the so-called Nashville Sound—consisting of lush ...

I f there’s a Renaissance man of country music, it’s Kris Kristofferson. A Rhodes scholar, military pilot, actor, singer, and, most famously, songwriter, Kristofferson defined an era with his ...

Many of those artists would follow Tepper out to sea on what became his signature annual event: The Outlaw Country Cruise, a rowdy, multi-day voyage presented with music-cruise company Sixthman.As ...

Merle Haggard rose to country music stardom singing about what he knew best: poverty, prison and heartache. He died Wednesday on his 79th birthday. William Brangham looks back at the singer's life.

Jeremy Tepper, who relentlessly championed the outlaw country genre by highlighting both its revered icons and rebellious upstarts in his role as program director for SiriusXM’s “Outlaw ...

Outlaw country musician and Hollywood actor Kris Kristofferson died on Saturday, September 28, at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The news was announced in a press release from Essential Broadcast Media ...

Outlaw country has traditionally been a male province, but Nashville-via-South-Carolina singer Nikki Lane breaks stereotypes on her Dan Auerbach-produced second album All Or Nothin’, set for ...