In January, Mucca Pazza set a Tiny Desk record by fitting 23 members onstage. Colin Marshall/NPR hide caption
Stephen Thompson Stephen Thompson is an editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he writes the advice column The Good Listener and fusses over comma placement. He is also a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered, and appears every week on Pop Culture Happy Hour.
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Damien Jurado's new album, Visions Of Us On The Land, comes out March 18, 2016. Elise Tyler/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Frank Sinatra would have turned 100 on Saturday, Dec. 12. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pop Culture Happy Hour Small Batch: Frank Sinatra At 100
Joan Shelley's Over And Even is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2015. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Left to right: Pop Culture Happy Hour's Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, Linda Holmes and Audie Cornish, plus special guest Fred Armisen. Larry French/AP Images for NPR hide caption
Russell Martin of the Toronto Blue Jays chose the Nicki Minaj song "Truffle Butter" for his walk-up music. Jason Miller and Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Whatever it is, it's most likely Justin Bieber's fault, right? Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Josh Ritter's new album, Sermon On The Rocks, comes out Oct. 16. Laura Wilson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
You can tell they both studied lyric sheets before picking their song. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Saintseneca's new album, Such Things, comes out Oct. 9. Nick Fancher/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Vice President Joe Biden and Stephen Colbert. Jeffrey R. Staab hide caption
Serena Williams serves to Roberta Vinci during their Women's Singles Semifinals match of the 2015 US Open on Friday. Alex Goodlett/Getty Images hide caption
When you've got young kids, you've got to take every opportunity to listen. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd in Knocked Up. Suzanne Hanover/Universal/The Kobal Collection hide caption
Glen Hansard's new album, Didn't He Ramble, comes out Sept. 18. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption