A late-career studio album from the country icon, "Country Music" finds Willie Nelson re-recording his own compositions. The album reached number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
- The album features guest appearances from some of Nelson’s contemporaries including Kris Kristofferson and George Jones, as well as newer artists like Miranda Lambert and Eric Church. The album was produced by Ryan Freeland and sessions took place at the legendary Sound Emporium studio in Nashville, Tennessee. "Country Music" was Nelson's first album of newly recorded material for Rounder Records.
- Recorded in 2009, the album saw Nelson rerecording songs he had previously released on his own independent labels. This album was the first of three albums Nelson would release on the Rounder Records label. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
- The album contains re-recordings of songs originally released between 1960 and 1980. It was Nelson's first release on the Rounder Records label. The album reached number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Willie Nelson is a seminal figure in outlaw country, a singer-songwriter whose career spans decades and defies genre boundaries. "Country Music" arrived late in his prolific career, a studio album released over 50 years after his debut.
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