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The daughter of a Tamil revolutionary, Sri Lankan M.I.A. is now a rap sensation in England. The 28-year-old is known as much for her music as her life story. She combines the rhythms of global cultures with lyrics that some say incite revolution. Critic Oliver Wang reviews her CD Arular.

Linda Ellerbee, self-described "recovering journalist," has written a memoir that's also a bit of a travel guide. And it's about food, too. Ellerbee's new book is Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table.

Comic book artist Brad Neely thought it would be funny to create his own soundtrack for the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. But Joel Rose of member station WHYY says the film's distributor, Warner Brothers, was not amused.

Ed Gordon speaks with actress and comedian Wanda Sykes about her new film acting alongside Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, who's acting in her first film role in 15 years.

Not all musicians support the current crackdown on Internet file sharing. Some give their music away for free, trading some record sales in the hopes that they'll get more exposure from offering the downloads. The band Nine Inch Nails is currently streaming their new album online, ahead of the CD's commercial release Tuesday.

Music historian Ed Ward remembers the Rock and Roll Trio, from the early 1950s made up of brothers Johnny and Dorsey Burnette and electric guitarist Paul Burlison. Their recordings have been collected on the Hip-O Select label.

General Motors pulls its ads in the Los Angeles Times after the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic, Dan Neil, called for the resignation of GM's chief executive in a column this week. Neil and other industry analysts say the company is falling dangerously behind its foreign competitors, especially in developing hybrid cars. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of TheCarConnection.com, an Internet magazine, discusses the controversy.

Day to Day music critic David Was reviews the new recording by 67-year-old veteran saxophonist Charles Lloyd, Jumping the Creek.

The 66-year-old wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is "following the experts' advice" by isolating himself until he's healthy.

Eleven years ago in Rwanda, Hutus began killing their tribal rivals the Tutsis. Over 100 days more than 800,000 people were massacred, including many Hutu moderates. How are Rwandans seeking justice and moving on from those traumatic experiences? And how have the media instigators of the violence been held accountable?