Given how many outstanding albums were released that year, how can any respectable music critic — well, me — claim it was an inferior year compared to 1972, 1973 or 1974? Those were the exact years ...

Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Chris Young and more sympathize with the ice outside through these country songs about cold weather.

NPR"s Scott Detrow speaks with Marcus Dowling, country music reporter for The Tennessean about Ringo Starr's new country music album, 'Look Up.' ...