The new Michael Martin Murphey album is a critical and commercial success. Released on July 9, 'Red River Drifter' has already landed in the Top 10 in Billboard magazine's bluegrass chart.

Top 10 Country Songs About Pets. ... Country icon Michael Martin Murphey already has a lot on hit plate for 2014, starting off with a January full of live shows in Colorado and the Northeast.

He made his name and his fortune on a song about a horse. And to this day, Michael Martin Murphey is still fond of “Wildfire.” But he’s more likely to be singing cowboy songs around the ...

So begins the vivid tale told in "Wildfire," the 1975 hit Michael Martin Murphey recorded and co-wrote with Larry Cansley. Murphey took inspiration from a ghost story his grandfather told him.

Michael Martin Murphey wondered how he would be accepted in bluegrass circles when he released 'Buckaroo Blue Grass' in 2008. The Texas-born singer/songwriter is not wondering anymore.

If you're looking for best songs about animals, best ghost story songs, even a category as general as best singer/songwriter tracks, "Wildfire" by Michael Martin Murphey pretty much qualifies for ...

Michael Martin Murphey will appear in The Woodlands at The Dosey Doe (25911 I-45 North) Friday, March 13, at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $78 to $118. For information, call 281-367-3774 or visit http ...

Fifty years ago, Michael Martin Murphey, son of Oak Cliff, recorded the biggest cowboy song ever to come out of Dallas. By Bill Baird | May 13, 2025 | 9:57 am Murphey (left) and Bob Livingston in ...

Singing songs of the West: It’s Waco’s connection to cowboy history that led acclaimed singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey to lend his talents to a Friday fundraiser for Waco's Taylor Museum.

Michael Martin Murphey is getting ready to release a new set of tunes. The 'Wildfire' singer says his upcoming album, ... Top 10 Country Songs About Pets.

Earlier this week we published an extensive interview with Michael Martin Murphey, whose annual "Cowboy Christmas" show pulls into the Paramount Theatere tonight (Friday, December 21). We talked ...

Michael Martin Murphey explains what inspired "Carolina in the Pines." It wasn't North or South Carolina, but rather it was inspired by a woman.