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We present the first of our Lost & Found Sound Memphis trilogy with this portrait of the early years of Sam Phillips and his legendary Memphis Recording Service. This was before he recorded Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. Interviews with Sam, his family, Ike Turner and others are interwoven with the remote recordings he made of talent shows, funerals and proms to support his passion for recording the raw unrecorded music of the 1950s South.

The nine-time Grammy winner and innovative music producer has been behind some of the most successful records of the last 40 years. Ramone's short list of artists includes Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Madonna and Rufus Wainwright. Hear an interview about his new book.

The annual music awards show also featured controversial appearances by Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen.

Novelist Chang Rae Lee is known for his sober depictions of things you can probably imagine — like war and spies, family and immigration. So it might surprise you that his newest novel, On Such a Full Sea, is a dystopia that begins in a place called B-mor, a town that — a very long time ago — was known as Baltimore.

June 9 is Donald Duck's birthday. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with film historian J.B. Kaufman about how the Disney character has changed since his debut 90 years ago.

Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson and a host of musicians release a record that captures the rhythm of life

Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.

Written on four tablets, three of which date back no later than 1730 B.C., the recipes are considered to be the oldest known. And they taste pretty good, says a scholar who re-created them.

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymom, Nina Simone adopted her stage name while playing in bars in Atlantic City. Often called the "high priestess of soul," Simone recorded soul, jazz, pop, blues and gospel music. This album covers her career from 1967-1972, just before she moved to France to protest American racism.

Bud Powell was one of the great jazz innovators. He transferred many of Charlie Parker's pieces to the piano by playing speedy single-note lines with his right hand. Powell's innovative technique is displayed on these albums, which feature Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and Fats Navarro.