His forays into rockabilly music, wrestling and erotic films made him a cult hero in a career as confounding as that of his ...

This week we're obsessing over the hilarious and harrowing “Where’s My Phone?” from Mitski, a slightly softer solo cut from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, the confounding but wondrous wordplay of Father ...

John Carter Cash opens up about his parents Johnny and June, their ties to Ireland, and the wisdom their songs continue to ...

Since the first sound film came out, Hollywood musicals have provided some of the most iconic movie moments. Three NPR movie fans discuss the merits and drawbacks of the genre.

Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson's feud is now the stuff of legend, having sparked four decades ago. Their fraught relationship has recently been re-examined by Mark Malkoff, who authored Love Johnny ...

For 20 long years, Joan Rivers served one of the most dependably entertaining guests to ever appear on Johnny Carson's iteration of The Tonight Show. First making her appearance in 1965 on the hit ...

Ryan is a lifestyle and culture journalist born and raised in the Philippines. He primarily covers film, television, music, and all things pop culture. Beyond writing, you can find him buried in ...

Liz McBride is one of the six singer-songwriters in the Three Rivers Song Collective. A concert this week showcases six local singer-songwriters performing their original songs about Pittsburgh. There ...

The lyrics of over 500 songs written by a songwriting and performing icon are contained in the new book, “The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of Songwriting.” John Carter Cash, the son of ...

Singer-songwriter Johnny Drille has explained what makes a hit song, admitting that no artist can truly predict when a track will blow up. Speaking on a recent podcast, the Mavin Records artist ...

Fifty years ago, Glen Campbell was riding high with his hit song “Rhinestone Cowboy.” The song was at No. 2, right under David Bowie’s “Fame” on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, in mid-September 1975, ...