David Broza, an Israeli-born singer-songwriter, met the late Townes Van Zandt just once -- at a 1994 concert in Houston. But the iconic songwriter, who penned classics such as 'Pancho and Lefty' and ...

You’ve probably heard someone, maybe a friend, say something like this: “I like every type of music except for country music.” It’s all about beer, trucks and girls, they might say. Or it’s for inbred ...

Townes Van Zandt didn’t divide life into categories. He didn’t have a career, a personal life, and a social life. To him, they were all one and the same. “I set out to be a broke-down, rambling, ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple Music playlists at the bottom of the page. Lots of people would have ...

Songwriter Guy Clark is far too eloquent a wordsmith to hang up the phone with a simple “No comment.” Instead, he hung up from his Nashville home with six words: “That’s none of my damn business.” As ...