At the the Royal Wedding, the hats will be on display as much as the bride herself. Whether simple feather arrangements or outlandish towers of flowers, hats are works of art. Host Liane Hansen talks to milliner Luke Song about who's wearing hats and why they're coming back as an outfit staple.

Labor advocates say raising the minimum wage stimulates consumer spending. Problem is, with the unemployment rate still at 8.8 percent, elected officials don't want to do anything that might discourage job creation.

Dame Margaret Drabble is more well known for her novels of contemporary English life, but a new collection of her short stories charts the evolving emotional life of women in England over the past half-century.

The Tragedy of Arthur, the new novel by Arthur Phillips, tells the story of a con man, his son and an undiscovered work by William Shakespeare. Phillips speaks to Scott Simon about fraud and family drama.

Philip Connors worked in Manhattan for years before he got the itch to get out. So he went way out — to a lookout tower in the Gila National Desert in New Mexico. He talks to Scott Simon about the gorgeous, jewel-toned views and why the solitary lifestyle speaks to him.

After two decades out of the studio, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady stick to familiar sounds on their new album as Hot Tuna, Steady As She Goes.

The vocal duo's new album, Bright Morning Stars, isn't necessarily religious, but it is spiritual. Dead Rock West covers some old-time gospel music, redemption-minded blues and bass-stomping revival numbers.

Author Donna Leon is celebrating the 20th installment of her Brunetti crime series, which follows the suave Commissario Guido Brunetti as he solves mysteries to the backdrop of Italy, Leon's adopted homeland.

Sing It Loud, lang's 13th studio album, is her first with a band of her own since the records that launched her career more than two decades ago.

The pianist Eldar Djangirov made his first tours and commercial recordings before he even left high school. Now 24, he's just released Three Stories, a solo album. Here, he discusses his artistic growth and his work with middle-schoolers.