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Sam Bankman-Fried faces seven criminal charges, including for defrauding investors. His blockbuster trial is set to begin on Tuesday, and he could face an over 100-year prison term if convicted.

Read an excerpt from historian Bob Riesman's look at the great blues man's ever-evolving persona.

Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Sam Cooke, one of the most famous gospel and pop singers in American music history. Along with Ray Charles, Cooke was one of the earliest artists to cross over from gospel to pop music. By the end of his career, he heralded the advent of soul.

Every weekday through Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe dives into the music of a different country in Latin America.

In popstrological terms, Britney Spears is a "daughter" of Olivia Newton-John, born under the 1981 hit song "Let's Get Physical." Ian Van Tuyl's Popstrology: The Art and Science of Reading the Popstars shows how pop music's powerful forces affect us all from the day we're born.

A young boy learns that bigger and brighter things are not necessarily better, and a young mother comes to terms with historical and personal demons, in this year's edition of Hanukkah Lights.

The guitarist opens up about his music, his legendary journeys on the road with The Rolling Stones and his occasionally contentious relationship with lead singer Mick Jagger in a new memoir called Life.

Fifty of the filmmaker's photographs are on display in Los Angeles, paired with the music that inspired them: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse's Dark Night of the Soul.

Fresh Air jazz critic Kevin Whitehead picks CDs, books and a DVD for the jazz lover on your list this holiday season. His selections include a book of Sonny Rollins photographs and music from the first season of the HBO series Treme.

Bass guitarist and music teacher Victor Wooten has won five Grammys and was named Bass Player magazine's "Player of the Year" three years in a row. He shares his teaching philosophy and explains why learning music is like learning a language in his new book, The Music Lesson.