Imagine a terror so profound, it could steal a child from their own home. Now imagine that child, facing unimaginable fear, ...

Now only one member of “The Highwaymen” is still with us … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,073 of The Daily Dirt. 1. I was legitimately saddened Sunday when reading of the death ...

Before he was an outlaw-country pioneer and a movie star, and after he was a Rhodes scholar and a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army, the jarringly handsome young man was a janitor in Nashville, for ...

ANNOUNCER: Song writer, poet, superstar, icon. ROSANNE: When his songs got out and people saw who he was and what he was writing, it was like a depth charge for songwriters in Nashville. EMMYLOU: No ...

Kris Kristofferson was one of country music’s greatest songwriters, and he’ll be missed for that talent among others. To celebrate Kristofferson’s legacy, let’s take a look at just a few of his lyrics ...

A friend and I were discussing which version of the movie “A Star Is Born” was our favorite. Remade four times — each one terrific — it was based on the original, 1932 film, “What Price Hollywood?” ...

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bill Medley's righteous baritone didn't immediately start singing "Unchained Melody" when he spoke to The Tennessean late on a mid-November afternoon. The call wasn't about ...

Who needs the Grammys? Country music has been pretty much dominating the music business for the past few years, so the annual Country Music Association Awards broadcast feels like the biggest game in ...

Kris Kristofferson passed away at his home in Hawaii on September 28th at the age of 88, leaving his mark on the world not only as a musician and actor but also as a man of faith. Known for his poetic ...

Kris Kristofferson at the Roskilde Festival in 2013 (Wikimedia Commons) Many obituaries for Kris Kristofferson, the singer and movie star who died last week at the age of 88, noted his importance to ...

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more. By Lindsay Zoladz “You can look at ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died Saturday at age 88 from undisclosed causes, will be remembered as a singer-songwriter whose best lyrics and melodies still resonate strongly today, 50 or more years after ...