A pair of new Willie Nelson projects -- his own album and a tribute -- lead a particularly busy week of new releases, with ...

Seventy-eight years ago today, Hank Williams stepped into Castle Studio in Nashville to record his first songs for MGM Records.

Then, Phases and Stages, a concept album for which Willie abandoned Nashville altogether and recorded down in Muscle Shoals.

These songs were country hits in the 1970s and later became cultural standards that continue to endure decades later.