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BBC disc jockey John Peel, whose nightly Radio One program is credited with launching the careers of bands including New Order and Joy Division, suffered a fatal heart attack Monday. Peel's boss at Radio One, Rhys Hughes, talks about his legacy.

Music critic Milo Miles looks at the career of reggae greats Toots Hibbert and his band, the Maytals. The group's recent re-issues are Time Tough, Funky Kingston (Island Records) and Monkey Man (Trojan Records).

Musician Miles Kurosky talks about a song he wrote for his band, Beulah. The song is called, "Me and Jesus Don't Talk Anymore," from Beulah's album, Yoko.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Forever Hasn't Happened Yet the new CD by John Doe, formerly of the punk-rock band X.

Music critic Tom Moon has a review of the major-label debut from The Polyphonic Spree, Together We're Heavy. The band is a 26-member symphonic pop group from Dallas, Texas.

My Morning Jacket releases It Still Moves, a new album reflecting a focus on songwriting and narrative. The band hails from Shelbyville, Ky., and its sound has roots in Southern rock. Tom Moon has a review.

Conrad Praetzel and Robert Powell take old American ballads and folk songs and transform them into modern works. Their band is called Clothesline Revival. Chris Nickson reviews the album Of My Native Land.

Commentator Jim Infantino and his band, Jim's Big Ego, sang the national anthem at Fenway Park this year. It was a dream come true for Jim, who describes singing on the field with 30,000 people watching and listening. We'll hear the performance and learn how difficult it was to do.

One of Mexico's most popular bands has a new song deploring the unsolved murders of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez. The hit song, "The Women of Juarez," is getting international airplay and attracting human rights activists, much to the chagrin of local politicians. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

Musician Gary Nunez and his band, Plena Libre, revive and re-invent the rhythmic Puerto Rican musical style known as plena.