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In 2000, Jill Scott's critically acclaimed, platinum-selling debut CD pushed the R&B singer into the spotlight. Scott's latest project tackles a different, yet equally lyrical genre: poetry. She shares her personal poetry collection in The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours.

Underground comic book artist Robert Crumb has drawn comics for more than 40 years. Crumb, creator of Zap Comix, is the artist behind such 1960s and '70s icons as Fritz the Cat and Keep-on-Truckin. The new The R. Crumb Handbook is a visual biography of Crumb's life.

Noah talks with R. Jeffrey Smith of the Washington Post about a Yugoslavia military trial, where today 3 Serb soldiers were found guilty of killing an elderly ethnic Albanian couple. The couple was slain last year in Kosovo. Smith says the conviction is extraordinary and unprecedented -- the first trial of Serb soldiers accused of committing murder during the war in Kosovo, convicted not for war crimes but for murder, by their peers in the Yugoslav military. The trail of evidence that led to the charges and today's conviction was gathered by a Serb Army Colonel, who was so appalled by the cold-blooded killings that he made it his personal mission to investigate the murders and bring the soldiers to trial.

Host Bob Edwards talks to reporter James Brosnan of the Memphis Commercial Appeal about Bill Frist, the man who's expected to become Senate majority leader. Sen. Frist (R-TN) is a medical doctor and relative latecomer to politics. He has close ties to President Bush and is considered one of the Republican Party's foremost experts on health care issues.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus seek a formal censure of Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) for remarks that appeared to endorse America's segregated past. President Bush publicly rebuked his fellow Republican Thursday. Calls for Lott to step down as Senate majority leader draw a mixed response from his colleagues. Hear more from NPR's Bob Edwards and David Welna.

Church Leader and Gospel Singer Reverend Al Green. He's just published a new biography called Down by the River (Harper Entertainment) detailing the trip from R&B stardom to Reverend. Presiding over his own Pentacoastal church in Memphis for the last 20 years, Green recently returned to the recording studio to record a set of gospel songs. A popular culture icon, he's had cameo roles in movies and TV shows. He lives in Memphis, Tenn.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan; President George W. Bush and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN); Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix and White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Pak Gil Yon, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations; President Bush; and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Of all the modern acts influenced by '80s rock and new wave, few do it better than the Chicago band The Changes. Led by Darren Spitzer's appealing croon and songwriter David Rothblatt's music, the group combines elements of The Police, Steely Dan and R.E.M. with grooves that seem almost disco-friendly.

His latest film Bubba Ho-Tep is based on the short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale. In it, Elvis Presley is an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his death and then missed the chance to switch back. He teams up with another resident who thinks he is President John F. Kennedy. The two codgers battle an evil Egyptian entity. It stars Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Coscarelli also wrote and directed the films Phantasm, and The Beastmaster.

Critic Tom Moon reviews the new CD by Macy Gray. He includes Gray among a group of "neo-soul" artists — contemporary R&B musicians that have hit pay dirt by consciously emulating the sounds and songwriting devices of classic soul. The Trouble With Being Myself, evokes the sounds of Chaka Khan, Al Green and the Jackson Five.

British singer-songwriter James Hunter discovered his earliest musical influences in a stack of his grandmother's 78s, a collection of Jackie Wilson and other pre-Beatles R&B. His new CD sounds as if it could have been recorded in the 1950s but has a timeless feel.

Vocalist Lizz Wright debuted in 2003 with Salt, an eclectic mix of traditional jazz, R&B, and folk. Her latest album is Dreaming Wide Awake, featuring originals along with some covers — including a version of Neil Young's "Old Man."

Before he was dean at the Columbia University School of Journalism, before his legendary collaboration with Edward R. Murrow, before he produced CBS' "See It Now," Fred Friendly gave a radio dedication speech for the opening of the Quonset Naval Air Station in Rhode Island--at age 25. An NPR listener found it on a 78 rpm record at a flea market.

Commentator and former CBS-TV anchor man Walter Cronkite remembers the work of his colleague, Eric Sevareid who died a number of years ago. When CBS expanded the evening news from 15 to 30 minutes in the early 1960s, Sevareid was brought in to bring news analysis to the program. He showed no emotion and his brought his exquisite reasoning and command of the language to each essay. We also learn about Sevareid's early experiences working for Edward R. Murrow in World War Two in Europe.

Robyn Hitchcock's career has played out on his own terms: prolific, odd, uneven and frequently brilliant. Since his early years with The Soft Boys — a late-'70s college-radio staple that helped inspire bands like R.E.M. — Hitchcock has been ahead of his time.

Natalie Cole has made a name for herself by crafting fresh interpretations of jazz standards. But for her latest CD, she chose something different. Leavin' is an ecclectic mix of classic pop, R&B and rock songs by artists like Fiona Apple, Aretha Franklin and Sting.

Fronted by Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the band sets lyrics of struggle and pathos against backdrops of country, R&B and thick, muscular rock. Fresh Air's rock critic says their new album, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, is one of their best-written and most enjoyable yet.

The band's crowd-pleasing, politically charged new album, We Belong to the Staggering Evening, recalls '60s garage rock while infusing it with an appealing mixture of blues and R&B.

Read our lists of the 50 Best Albums and 100 Best Songs of the year, as well as lists covering the best rock, hip-hop, R&B and more.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee discusses the presidential debate between Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL). Alexander also talks about his own re-election campaign.