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Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Sons of Soul," the new hip-hop album by Tony Toni Tone.

Today's first half is about children who are orphaned after losing their parents to AIDS. Studies estimate that by the year 2000, up to 125,000 U.S. children will be left parentless because of the fatal illness. AIDS workers are now beginning to realize their next step is to help these secondary victims by providing homes, food and counseling. We interview two people on the subject; a single mother with AIDS, and the head of a project designed to address the needs of orphaned kids:1)LAURA JIMENEZ. ("hee-MEN-ez") She is a 42-year-old divorced mother with AIDS. Jimenez lives in a housing project in the Bronx with her 10-year-old son. Her two other children, in their twenties, are married with their own kids. She has worked through desperate times to become an activist for women with AIDS.2) CAROL LEVINE. ("la-VEEN") She is the Executive Director of "The Orphan Project," based in Manhattan. She founded the organization two years ago, after working on the Citizen's Commission on AIDS. The Orphan Project undertook at study of how many children in the New York area were affected by HIV in their families. Levine was surprised at the numbers the study turned up. Now the project is looking at social and policy options to help these children

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Dudley," the new sitcom starring Dudley Moore.

HELEN PREJEAN (pray-ZSAHN)'s book, "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States" (Random House) details her experience working with death row inmates in Louisiana. Prejean has come to believe that the death penalty is not only ineffective as a deterrent, but that the government can't be trusted to decide who should live and who should die. Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun

Drummer and lead vocalist for the rock group THE BAND, LEVON HELM (pronounced LEE-von). HELM's Arkansas roots gave the Canadian group an American folk sound. In the 1960's THE BAND got it's start backing Bob Dylan. They went on their own in 1968 with "Music From Big Pink." THE BAND is back with a new album, "Jericho," and a tour. HELM's written a book about THE BAND called "This Wheel's On Fire" (M

2: BETSEY LIEBERMAN, Executive Director of AIDS Housing of Washington which has built the country's first nursing home designed for people dying of AIDS. It's called the Bailey-Boushay House. The House also offers adult day-care services and activities for people with AIDS. The House has been in operation for a little over a year now. Since then more than 130 people have died there. A new book about the project has been published, "Breaking New Ground: Developing Innovative AIDS Care Residences." (published by AIDS Housing of Washington, Original Trade Paperback).

Record producer BOBBY ROBINSON. He recorded many classic blues and R&B sessions for his Red Robin, Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels, and has also produced rap. He recorded Elmore Jones, Buster Brown, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. A new boxed collection has come out, "The Fire/Fury Records Story." (Capricorn Records).

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new CD-box set, just right for the jazz-lover in your circle of family or friends "Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings," (on Rhino).

Linguist Jeffrey Nunberg talks about the bicentennial of the French revolution.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews, "In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead," by James Lee Burke.

Maureen Corrigan on "A Very Long Engagement" by Sebastien Japrisot. (YAP-ri-sow) (Rebroadcast from 12/8/93).

2: KEITH HERNANDEZ continues