The Mickey Newbury camp is busy as a beehive these days. Newbury’s albums, beginning with his first release in 1969, are now available in CD format and he has been writing and recording new material.

In 2012, after 16 splendid years in Middle Tennessee, I returned to my Oregon roots to keep an eye on my aging parents. Since then, one particular query has been oft repeated, usually going something ...

Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Mr. Newbury, best-known for “An American Trilogy,” an ...

Songwriter Gretchen Peters, whose formidable catalog includes Martina McBride’s “Independence Day,” pays homage to one of her songwriting heroes with the forthcoming album The Night You Wrote That ...

Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Newbury, best known for “An American Trilogy,” his ...

Newbury’s own recording career had humble beginnings, with the underwhelming 1968 debut Harlequin Melodies comprised mostly of self-penned material others had already put their mark on. The man ...

Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Mr. Newbury, best known for "An American Trilogy," his ...

Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of "What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)." Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter. Perhaps you remember a line from ...

Lonesome, Onry and Mean was sitting around having a few cold pops the other night when we put on The Best of Mickey Newbury. It wasn’t long before the room got quiet; nothing we were yacking about was ...