Outlaw country isn’t just a genre—it’s a living, breathing rebellion wrapped in steel guitar and grit. Born from a rejection of Nashville’s polish, it celebrates independence, raw storytelling, and ...

Nikki Lane’s live performances were shot on location at the Gibson Garage in downtown Nashville, TN. Nikki is performing with her Gibson Generation Collection G-00 acoustic guitar. Above: Nikki Lane ...

The idea of outlaw country -- music that turned away from the "Nashville sound" style of production in the 1970s -- feels inextricably tied to a set of artists from that era (including the movement's ...

The story of outlaw country starts in very different places, depending on who is spinning the yarn. Historian Joe Nick Patoski wonders if it all started in 1972, after Willie Nelson’s home outside ...

Fifty-something years after Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Tompall Glaser Jerry Jeff Walker and a whole host of others set up the framework for outlaw country, the movement is alive ...

Whatever the trend is in Nashville’s country music scene, that is what outlaw country is not. The genre first emerged in the 1970s, when artists like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris ...

Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, known for penning “Take This Job and Shove It” and hits like “The Ride,” died April 29 at 86. His career spanned prison beginnings, chart successes, ...

For many, outlaw country represents something more authentic than country music’s pop iteration routinely produced in Nashville. But the argument over what’s “real” country isn’t new. In the 1950s, ...