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Critic Eric Deggans says in modern TV comedies, there are fewer stereotyped roles for African-Americans — but two CBS shows suggest that's not the case for Asians and Latinos.

While in Tokyo, we happened across this energetic band featuring the unique vocals of Yu Sakai, so we had to bring them to Tiny Desk.

Journalist Will Bunch says instead of opening the door to a better life, college leaves many students deep in debt and unable to find well-paying jobs. His new book is After the Ivory Tower Falls.

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

For this month's issue of Texas Monthly, writers Jeff McCord and John Morthland took on an ambitious assignment: coming up with a list of the 100 best Texas songs. The task required the two to make agonizing decisions, between "On the Road Again," "Always on My Mind," "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" — and that's just music from Willie Nelson. McCord and Morthland discuss their choices with NPR's Melissa Block.

The song "Strange Fruit" is the powerful and thematically horrifying centerpiece of the new film The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, which positions music as a powerful force for change.

A new musical on Broadway called Hot Feet is a collaboration between musician Maurice White of the R&B group Earth, Wind and Fire and choreographer Maurice Hines. Ed Gordon talks with White and Hines about the venture.

It's not that there are too many bad shows. It's that there are too many perfectly fine ones. That has implications for jobs in Hollywood.

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

Brothers Damien and Tourie Escobar form the group Nuttin But Stringz, which is a venture into hip-hop violin. Their new CD is called Struggle from the Subway to the Charts.