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Don Schlitz, the country songwriter behind classics like "The Gambler," has died. He was 73. The North Carolina native died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after what the Grand Ole Opry described as ...

Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...

Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition “The Gambler” became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...

"We would be into doing it in a tribute fashion, yeah. Yes. It would be cool to do maybe a dozen shows or something like that." Pressed on why, Hickey added: "He would have to answer that question. He ...

Kenny Rogers became one of the most enduring superstars in country music history, but he was a middle-aged man looking for an unlikely comeback when he scored his first No. 1 country hit in 1977.

Gadson's wife confirmed to Rolling Stone that he died on Thursday, April 2 Alison Buck/WireImage James Gadson, a legendary drummer, died on Thursday, April 2 He was one of the most-recorded R&B ...

Rush opened tonight’s Juno Awards, the annual ceremony celebrating Canadian music. The reunion of Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson was not announced in advance, but was teased in the band’s newsletter ...

In one of America's wealthiest neighborhoods lies an abandoned mega-mansion that was once the home of Kenny Rogers. Built in the early 1990s, this castle-like estate was valued at $15 million and ...

Though the 1983 duet “Islands in the Stream” is their most memorable, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers collaborated on several other occasions in the decades that followed, including a final, lost duet, ...

The number of working musicians who sustain themselves entirely through live jazz performance has been shrinking for decades. Streaming economics, venue consolidations, and shifting audience ...