Join Soundcheck for a one-day tour of vibrant music scenes around the country. Guest host Fred Mogul looks at indie hip-hop in Minneapolis, chamber music in Silicon Valley, and the free-jazz underground in Lexington, Ky. Plus, San Francisco singer-songwriter John Vanderslice performs songs from his latest album, Emerald City.
Beyond the Big Apple
Today on Soundcheck, we check in on music scenes in three different corners of the U.S. Richard Sheinin, classical and jazz critic of the San Jose Mercury News, talks about classical music in Silicon Valley. City Pages staff writer Peter Scholtes talks about independent hip hop in Minneapolis. And we ...
Vanderslice of Life
San Francisco singer-songwriter John Vanderslice has built a reputation for highly conceptual albums and literate, quirky lyrics about topics like refugees, kidnap victims, conspiracy theorists and alien invaders. Today he performs live from his seventh and latest album, Emerald City.
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