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Glenn Miller was the swing era's biggest star. Then, he vanished without a trace.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Skinamarink and more.

Internet culture has infiltrated the English language. New additions to the Cambridge Dictionary this year include skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy.

From Billie Eilish to Bad Bunny, JT to J.Lo, boygenius to Ice Spice, here they are: the home-run performances, the solid base hits and the outright whiffs.

The artistry of pianist Mindru Katz, this Friday (6/6, rebroadcast Saturday 6/7)

The wildly popular Colombian band Aterciopelados mixes traditional Colombian styles with pop and punk, and people are enjoying it far beyond its own country's borders.

NPR's Tony Cox talks with 28-year-old Harlem pianist and band leader Jason Moran about his fresh and innovative jazz album, The Bandwagon.

Just in time for the start of summer, the Helsinki-based surf rock band Laika & the Cosmonauts visits NPR to perform live. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with members of the group.

For its contribution to the Band tribute album Endless Highway, Widespread Panic offers neither a faithful cover of "Chest Fever" nor a recasting. Instead, the group takes an approach so obvious, and so unlikely to succeed, that few ever try it: They try to beat the original at its own game.

For fans of the great electro-pop bands of the '80s — think New Order, et al — Kicking the National Habit, Grand National's mellow album of orchestral synth-pop, should be a treat. As pop songs go, "Drink to Moving On" is practically perfect.