Sam Smith and the "gentle revolution" of "My Guy"

Rolling Stone writer Barry Walters, author of the music history "Mighty Real," says the latest ballad by British singer Sam Smith is a step forward from LGBTQ love songs being marginalized.

• Jul 19

Sam Smith and the "gentle revolution" of "My Guy"

Rolling Stone writer Barry Walters, author of the music history "Mighty Real," says the latest ballad by British singer Sam Smith is a step forward from LGBTQ love songs being marginalized.

• Jul 19
• 2:35

Shania Twain on her "very long road" to getting it right

Throughout family hardships, divorce, and losing her voice to Lyme disease, Shania Twain became the top-selling female country artist of all time. She talks about her biographical new album, "Little Miss Twain," in which she reflects on her life with a smile.

• Jul 19

Extended interview: Shania Twain

In this web exclusive, singer-songwriter Shania Twain, then performing at Wembley Stadium in London, talked with correspondent Seth Doane about the cathartic experience of creating her autobiographical new album, "Little Miss Twain."

• Jul 19
• 26:24

Shania Twain on "Little Miss Twain"

Shania Twain grew up dirt poor in rural Ontario, and as a child sang country songs in bars. Throughout family hardships, divorce, and losing her voice to Lyme disease, and despite not signing a record contract until her late 20s, Twain became the top-selling female country artist of all time. She talks with correspondent Seth Doane about her biographical new album, "Little Miss Twain," in which she reflects on her life with a smile.

• Jul 19
• 9:02

Carol Bove's heavy metal artistry

Carol Bove's bent and warped steel sculptures tower above visitors to the artist's retrospective at New York's Guggenheim Museum. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Bove about how her artwork invites museum-goers into an environment of curiosity and playfulness.

• Jul 19
• 4:59

Gracie Abrams: Now center stage

At 26, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams has won praise from critics and fans for her intimate songs – whispered words that become anthems. She talks about her latest album, "Daughter From Hell."

• Jul 12

Gracie Abrams: Now center stage

At 26, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams has won praise from critics and fans for her intimate songs – whispered words that become anthems, and which the shy girl-turned-superstar now performs to sold-out arenas. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Abrams about how she worked up the nerve to post her early songs online. Abrams also discusses being the opening act for Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift, and recording her latest album, "Daughter From Hell."

• Jul 12
• 7:54

How white supremacists staged the only successful coup in U.S. history

In 1898, Wilmington, N.C., was prosperous and integrated. But white supremacists took back control of the city's multi-racial government at gunpoint, and killed scores of Black residents - a little-known story retold in Lauren Collins' "They Stole a City."

• Jul 12

The only successful coup in U.S. history

In 1898, Wilmington, N.C., was a prosperous integrated city, where Black and white North Carolinians shared political power and leadership positions. But white supremacists took back control of the city's multi-racial government at gunpoint, and launched a wave of violence that killed scores of Black residents. That little-known history is the subject of The New Yorker journalist Lauren Collins' new book, "They Stole a City." She talks with Lee Cowan about her hometown's darkest chapter – the only successful coup in our nation's history.

• Jul 12
• 9:14