Jimmy McDonough’s vivid new biography on haywire honky-tonker Gary Stewart begins with the musician throwing a lethally sharp object near his head. “Thwap” was the sound the steak knife made when it ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our rock critic, Ken Tucker, has something new and something old for us. There's the new album from one of country music's biggest stars, Kacey Musgraves. Ken thinks the best songs ...