How typical that while Monday is Dolly Parton's birthday, she gives the world a gift instead. After all, this is a woman known just as much for her philanthropic efforts as for her music, from helping to fund one of the Covid vaccines to sending free books to kids around the country to encourage reading.

A popular music promoter and record store owner will be remembered in a celebration of his life. Mike Lloyd, 82, ran Music Mania in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, and died in December.