Over the past 12 months, we’ve said goodbye to some towering legends of American song (Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson ... On today’s playlist, all of their disparate sounds and styles ...

A new documentary on PBS explores the extraordinary life of singer Brenda Lee, a child prodigy whose 70-year career spans ...

She didn’t breakthrough on the country charts, Halls explains, until her 1973 song ‘Nobody Wins,’ written by Kris Kristofferson, was discovered by country radio. That pushed her into the ...

While you’re reading, listen to our Best Cover Songs playlist here ... 14: Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee (Roger Miller) Kris Kristofferson wrote “Me and Bobby McGee” in 1969, but he ...

This week we pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter, actor and counter-culture icon, Kris Kristofferson. He wrote “Me and ...

In an interview from 1999, Kris Kristofferson recalled how he felt after moving to Nashville after leaving the United States ...

Kris Kristofferson had already established himself as a top songwriter-for-hire in the late ’60s when he received a phone call from Fred Foster, who was looking for material for his company ...