Veteran music journalist Jake Brown spoke to a Who's Who of the top songwriters in Music City for his new book, 'Nashville Songwriter: The Inside Stories Behind Country Music's Greatest Hits.' In this ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, mixtapes were all the rage. For many people, putting a collection of songs that themselves spoke to the listener was the next best thing. Some songs just say everything right.

It started with a phone call and ended with a song the world can’t forget. A decade after Wayne Carson’s death, “Always On My Mind”—made legendary by Willie Nelson—remains a touchstone of timeless ...

Forty-one years ago today (May 8, 1982), Willie Nelson probably only had one thing on his mind: celebrating his latest single, "Always on My Mind." On that date, the song became Nelson's eighth No. 1 ...