Dan Hicks digs Christmas tunes. But it took him over 30 years in the music business to get around to doing his own album of holiday music. The singer/songwriter/guitarist and leader of the Hot Licks, ...

Host Liane Hansen talks with musician Dan Hicks about this latest release with his band, The Hot Licks. It's called Tangled Tales. Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks know how to have fun, and more than just ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Dan Hicks, whose eccentric style earned him a cult following and laid roots for the Americana sound, died on Saturday (2/6), after a two-year battle with cancer. He ...

When he emerged in the early ’70s with his motley Hot Licks band, his music already sounded old-timey. Hicks’ swinging, fiddle-happy sound evoked an imaginary past where New Orleans jazz greats played ...

For his new album, "Selected Shorts," Dan Hicks dug through his 39-year career and came up with several original songs that were half-written and several standards that were half-arranged. He finished ...