Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In 1985, Merle Haggard wrote a love song to something very close to his heart: A place, not a person, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield Latin-ska-reggae group Mento Buru is set to release music as a tribute to country music ...

For its latest release, local Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru pays tribute to country legend Merle Haggard and his final recording, "Kern River Blues." The new five-song EP "Kern River Blues" is no ...

I am proud to be a Bakersfield native and a lover of the Kern River which used to flow all the way through the city. We've lost generations waiting for a flowing river to return to Bakersfield, ...

Midway through an enthralling, sold-out concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Thursday night, Merle Haggard stopped singing and spoke a line that was both plain truth and -- for the 90 ...

Grammy Award-winning country music artist Merle Haggard once woefully sang that he will “never swim Kern River again.” Unfortunately, for those in Bakersfield, this sentiment may be shared. On Tuesday ...

A photo of Merle Haggard from the commemorative plaque outside the Haggard House at the Kern County Museum. (Rebekah Kearn/Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — When I read that the late country ...