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Johnny Mims and his school band were wrapping up their last song when Birmingham police insisted the performance stop immediately. The confrontation ended with Mims tased in front of his students.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Christian McBride of Jazz Night in America about the forgotten all-female big bands that toured the United States during World War II.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Will Gold of the band Lovejoy about their latest EP, "Wake Up & It's Over."

A new four-disc compilation presents recordings Armstrong made for Verve in 1957. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the album includes a wealth of alternate takes, warm-ups and rehearsal sequences.

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs.

Plus, details on the clear backpack policy, who to see at the comedy stage and more.

The band released a special vinyl version of their new album — made with real human tears for "maximum emotional fidelity." Bassist Pete Wentz collected his own tears to be shipped off to a lab.

A documentary about a band with a mission to spark social revolution through the Trojan Horse of funk and soul.

Cory Winn rented the billboard in Murray, Utah, to read WEEZER in comic sans font. A photo of the sign on social media caught the band's attention, and it rented a billboard in Murray to say thanks.