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On her latest record, the Detroit-born singer teams up with songwriting veteran Brian Holland to pay tribute to the Motown sound.

Susan Werner has done alternative folk, original American songbook material, and gospel for agnostics. And for her latest effort, she's picked a handful of '60s and '70s pop hits, and arranged string and woodwind backings for them.

A new Johnny Cash album, American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave was released this week to coincide with what would have been Cash's 78th birthday. We remember the singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote more than 1,500 songs — and performed from the 1950s until just before his death in 2003.

The songwriter's music is often described as "swamp rock," an appropriate designation given that he writes most of his material in the backwoods outside Jacksonville, Fla. His latest album, Georgia Warhorse, unofficially pays tribute to his grandmother.

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson for a special edition of All Songs Considered that brings together the themes of the year.

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that commemorates loved ones who have died. It is believed their spirits return to their families, who put up ofrendas, or altars, on Nov. 1.

Cincinnati Council approved a plan Wednesday to hire an internal work crew to install pedestrian safety infrastructure. The five-member team will paint crosswalks, put up new signage, and install things like rubber speed cushions and temporary bumpouts.

The winter storm will bring "a large swath of heavy snow from the West Coast to the Northeast" this week, the National Weather Service says.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Variety's Jem Aswad about the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Live Nation and the lack of competition in the ticketing industry.

Ohio’s attorney general has filed paperwork with OPERS to begin receiving his pension, commonly referred to as "double dipping."