Hank Williams died all too soon, just over 70 years ago when he was only 29. But in those few years, he touched the world with songs like “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “I Saw The Light,” “Cold Cold ...

Paul Hemphill’s new Hank Williams biography, Lovesick Blues (Viking, $23.95), is partially a tribute to Hemphill’s late father, owner-operator Paul “Hemp” Hemphill. He listened to Hank in the late ...

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An all-star set of practitioners of timeless country music — plus members of Hank Williams' family carrying on his creative vision — performed a stirring concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and ...

The life of Hank Williams is a strange one. On one hand, he’s one of the most important and influential country singers in history. On the other, there are persistent rumors about whether he wrote ...

Thor is a Norse god. Hank Williams is a country music god. That's about all the two larger-than-life figures have in common, or so it would seem. In 2014, their worlds seemed ready to collide in a ...