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Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with MEL Magazine's Zaron Burnett about the history of Black cowboys and why their stories are just now beginning to be told in popular culture.

Public health experts have been urging Americans for months to get vaccinated and tested for COVID-19. But the options for children under 5 are limited. Parents long for more support and guidance.

Bluesman Chris Whitley's career has flourished in the indie-label world of shoestring budgets and creative freedom, and he has an intensely devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, Whitley has a new album called Soft Dangerous Shores. It's a collaboration with renowned producer/engineer Malcolm Burn. Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers interviewed Whitley and has this profile.

The range of country music is on display in Kane Brown's hit single; a duet by Wynonna Judd and the alt-rocker Waxahatchee; and the title song of Big Time, indie singer-songwriter Angel Olsen's album.

Music critic Robert Christgau recently got fired from a job he had held for 32 years. But when he went looking for some musical catharsis, he found his punk standbys didn't work anymore. That's when he stumbled on Crunk Hits Vol. 2, a collection of dance and hip-hop songs with a raw energy full of angst-ridden pleasure.

"Bullet Train" star Hiroyuki Sanada talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about improvising lines with Brad Pitt in their new action-comedy, looking cool with a sword, and his desire to be in a rom-com.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

The young jazz pianist is just as comfortable with Thelonious Monk as he is with sampling audio, working with visual artists and performing with his trio. Watch his Bandwagon trio perform in NPR's Studio 4A, and hear a profile.

Israel has escalated military arrests and raids in the West Bank as a new cohort of Palestinian militants seems to be gaining strength. Scores of Palestinians have been killed.

As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.