A first in a career spanning six decades: Cher has a Christmas album. She talked with NPR about her mother, her experience working with Stevie Wonder, and the time she hopped a freight train at age 9.

After handing Micky Dolenz a key to the city, Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz helped manage the crowd Friday afternoon as hundreds of Monkees fans gathered outside historic Wuxtry Records in downtown Athens to have their copies of Micky Dolenz Sings R.E.M. signed by Dolenz himself.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Gilded Age podcast, food influencer Keith Lee, the show Bargain, and Madi Diaz's new album.

A star-studded teal carpet preceded the film about Atlanta's music history directed by the Horne Brothers and produced by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.

The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.

Almost 30 years after the rapper's death, Duane Davis appeared in a Las Vegas court Thursday morning. Shakur has now been dead longer than he was alive.

Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin used artificial intelligence to isolate John Lennon's vocals from an old demo to finally complete The Beatles' "last" song, "Now And Then."

Sofia Coppola's glistening take on Priscilla Presley's life with Elvis is immersive and sad. But who exactly IS Priscilla, anyway?

Byrne opens up about filming the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense and says the band's hit song "Burning Down the House" is a compilation of "non-sequiturs that have a kind of emotional impact."

Featuring some of the best bluegrass players around, Might Poplar's self-titled debut album was a chance for five friends to play "real deal bluegrass" and is a masterclass in form.

The British singer-songwriter articulates relatable emotions in ways a mere layman couldn't imagine.

For today's Culture Corner, John takes you deep into De La Soul's Buhloone Mindstate.

The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.

The Indian jazz fusion band stops by the Tiny Desk for a historical performance.