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Merle Haggard

Music 2000 Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again.
By Joe Heim [12/21/00]

Merle Haggard 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 Alex Halberstadt [11/14/00]

Do not disturb On a small Nicaraguan island, two strangers and I find paradise. Naked on a pristine beach, I wonder if there's anything wrong with cliché.
By Jason Wilson [05/13/00]

Sharps & Flats Two Buck Owens reissues imagine Christmas as a mostly secular holiday.
By Gary Kaufman [12/16/99]

Merle Haggard For 35 years the country music legend's been kickin' ass and making God laugh -- he don't need no stinkin' sound check.
By Elizabeth Bukowski [11/15/99]

"Boy, you sing like your granddaddy" Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music.
By David Bowman [11/03/99]

Rogue advertisers Who's to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession.
By Jenn Shreve [10/15/99]

The Baron of Bakersfield With his unmistakable honky-tonk sound and 15 No. 1 hits in a row, Buck Owens owned country music.
By Gary Kaufman [02/23/99]

Paint it black A prayer for his holy hipness, Johnny Cash
By David Bowman [12/05/97]

Wall-to-wallowing carpet The songs on British folk singer Beth Orton's "Trailer Park" will brighten any Winnebago.
By Sarah Vowell [06/27/97]

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