Hugh Prestwood needed help. The country music songwriter and his wife Judy came to the sobering realization that they could no longer afford the rent at their Long Island, New York, home. Nor could ...

Hugh Prestwood, an El Paso, Texas, native and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame-inducted wordsmith, died on Sept. 22 following a stroke. He was 82. The scholarly lyricist's hits set a standard for ...

Although fans of country music know names like Randy Travis or Trisha Yearwood, many don’t know that behind those famous singers are talented songwriters like Hugh Prestwood. Since the 1970s, the ...

Hugh Prestwood, the country songwriter who penned hits for Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Alison Krauss, and Jimmy Buffett, died Sunday, Sept. 22, following a stroke, according to his close friend, ...

Hugh Prestwood might not be a name that most country music fans know, but it should be because he was truly a legend at his craft. Prestwood, a songwriter who authored hits for some of country music’s ...

It was 2017, and the angelic singer/songwriter known as Rumer found herself in a swirling well of despair while hiding amongst the deep South. “Emotionally and physically, I was out to sea,” the ...

The combination of Rumer’s crystalline voice and Hugh Prestwood’s songs results in some breathtaking, deeply moving music on “Nashville Tears,” the Pakistan-born, British singer’s interpretation of ...