Kris Kristofferson was among the greatest songwriters of the 20th century. He was one of the driving forces behind the Outlaw Country movement. However, his songs found success across genre and ...

Imagine writing a song as good as “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down.” It must have felt like building the Brooklyn Bridge with your bare hands. “There’s something in a Sunday that makes a body feel alone,” ...

The country singer and songwriter, who died on Saturday at 88, tucked enduring aphorisms into tales about facing up to loss. By Jon Pareles Kris Kristofferson, who was 88 when he died on Saturday, ...

Kris Kristofferson didn’t just write songs like he was destined for country music’s Mt. Rushmore; with his windswept hair and his craggy face, the singer and songwriter also looked like a guy meant ...

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, ...

Kris Kristofferson once flew helicopters over Louisiana's marshes and wrote hit romance songs while sitting atop oil platforms. The long-winded life story of Kristofferson, who national outlets ...

As far as country songwriters go — or songwriters of any genre — Kris Kristofferson was among the most authentic. That’s a word that Nashville loves to freely toss around, but in the case of the Texas ...

ANNOUNCER: Song writer, poet, superstar, icon. ROSANNE: When his songs got out and people saw who he was and what he was writing, it was like a depth charge for songwriters in Nashville. EMMYLOU: No ...