New York Times — This year has seen the loss of Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, and, now, three more towering figures have died. A look at their legacies. more info

JamBase — Watch Bob Weir honor Merle Haggard with a rollicking cover of "Mama Tried" and Jason Isbell perform "If It Takes A Lifetime" at this year's Americana Music Awards. more info

ET Online — The 32-year-old singer says Haggard was 'the reason I write songs.' more info

MSN Music — Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert managed to avoid an awkward run-in when they both attended the 10th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. The former couple, who finalized their divorced in July 2015, didn't hit the red ca... more info

PopSugar — Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert managed to avoid an awkward run-in when they both attended the 10th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. The former couple, who finalized their divorced in July 2015, didn't hit the red carpet... more info

JamBase — Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson has voiced his displeasure with the newly created ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award. more info

Chorus.fm — Sturgill Simpson has posted a note on the passing of Merle Haggard: Im writing this because I want to go on record and say I find it utterly disgusting the way everybody on Music Row is coming up with any reason they can to hitch their wagon to his n... more info

Chicago Tribune — Don Henley is no musical novice. He's one of the founders of the massively successful rock band the Eagles, a popular solo artist and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But when it came to recording with Merle Haggard, the singer-songwriter ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — So much about the first few months of pop in 2016 has been about mourning. David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Paul Kantner, George Martin, Prince, Scotty Moore, Maurice White, Bernie Worrell and the just-starting-out Christina Gri... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — So much about the first few months of pop in 2016 has been about mourning. David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Paul Kantner, George Martin, Prince, Scotty Moore, Maurice White, Bernie Worrell and the just-starting-out Christina Gri... more info