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Ed Gordon talks with jazz saxophone ace Kirk Whalum about his religion, his music and his new CD, Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Song Book.

Baby is the new album by the group The Detroit Cobras, who specialize in playing raucous cover versions of other musicians' songs.

Liane Hansen speaks with Brazilian singer/songwriter Milton Nascimento about his new CD, Pieta. The CD pays homage to the women who have influenced him, especially his nurturing adoptive mother, Lilia.

Arvo Pärt, one of the world's most honored living composers, recently recorded and released two new works on a CD called Lamentate, conducted by Andrey Boreyko. Music critic Tom Manoff says the pieces highlight two very different sides of the composer's work.

The latest from Les Nubians is a CD called Les Nubians Presents Echos, a mixture of music and poetry. The Afro-French sister act Helene and Celia discuss the project with Ed Gordon.

Detroit rhythm-and-blues singer Bettye LaVette had a few hit records in the 1960s and then disappeared — sort of. For the past 40 years, she's been making records and appearing on Broadway. On her new CD I've Got My Own Hell to Raise, LaVette covers 10 songs, all written by women.

Music critic Christian Bordal reviews singer Fiona Apple's long-awaited album Extraordinary Machine. Six years and two recording sessions after she began working on it, Apple says she is happy with the result — and so are many critics.

Malian performers Amadou and Mariam met during the 1970s at the Institute for the Young Blind of Mali. The husband-and-wife team have overcome numerous obstacles, from blindness to living under a military dictatorship. Banning Eyre reviews their CD, Dimanche a Bamako. They began a U.S. tour this week.

Blues singer and guitarist B.B. King celebrated his 80th birthday on Sept. 16, 2005, and also released the new album 80, featuring blues duets with musicians including Elton John and Eric Clapton. This interview originally aired on Oct. 22, 1996.

Late Registration is the new album by hip-hop artist Kanye West. West recently drew a flurry of attention after telling an audience tuned in to a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims that "George Bush doesn't care about black people."