http://dir.salon.com/topics/merle_haggard/?source=rss&aim=merle_haggard en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2006/02/16/atw_thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2006/02/16/atw_thursday/index.html?source=rss By Joe Heim Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/12/21/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/12/21/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again. By Joyce Millman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/11/15/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/11/15/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 By Alex Halberstadt Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/14/haggard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/11/14/haggard/index.html?source=rss From prison and politics to rambling and romance, his journey has been, well, complicated. But austere lyrics and rich country jazz have made him one of music's masters. By Jason Wilson Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/13/corn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/13/corn/index.html?source=rss On a small Nicaraguan island, two strangers and I find paradise. Naked on a pristine beach, I wonder if there&#039;s anything wrong with clich&#233;. By Gary Kaufman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/16/owens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/16/owens/index.html?source=rss Two Buck Owens reissues imagine Christmas as a mostly secular holiday. Letters to the Editor Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/22/female_vp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/22/female_vp/index.html?source=rss Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up. By Elizabeth Bukowski Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/15/haggard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/15/haggard/index.html?source=rss For 35 years the country music legend&#039;s been kickin&#039; ass and making God laugh -- he don&#039;t need no stinkin&#039; sound check. By David Bowman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/11/03/hank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/11/03/hank/index.html?source=rss Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music. By Jenn Shreve Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/15/speak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/10/15/speak/index.html?source=rss Who&#039;s to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession. <p>By King Kaufman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/02/23/owens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/02/23/owens/index.html?source=rss With his unmistakable honky-tonk sound and 15 No. 1 hits in a row, Buck Owens owned country music. By David Bowman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1997/12/05/05feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1997/12/05/05feature/index.html?source=rss A prayer for his holy hipness, Johnny Cash By Sarah Vowell Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1997/06/27/vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1997/06/27/vowell/index.html?source=rss The songs on British folk singer Beth Orton&#039;s "Trailer Park" will brighten any Winnebago.