NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It's a good time to be Bruce Robison. His "Angry All the Time," as sung by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, has been the No. 1 country music song in the nation. Singers Brad Paisley, ...

Kindred spirits: Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant Show: With Del Barber on Saturday at the Birchmere. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. 703-549-7500. www.birchmere.com. $25.

The legend Willie Nelson, as I understand it, wrote some hits, recorded some duds, tried pig farming, left Nashville in a hail of pot smoke and gunfire, came home to Texas, found his sound, united the ...

Feels like April on this warm and sunny day, but it’s late January. At a comfortable Hyde Park address, bright natural light pours in through the large windows of a house owned by the reigning couple ...