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Madonna performing during the Confessions Tour, in Los Angeles. Photo taken by wonderboylb@aol.com
In 2007, Paul McCartney teamed up with Starbucks. Madonna split with Warner Brothers. And Radiohead rocked the Internet. Today on Soundcheck: Wired magazine columnist Eliot van Buskirk recaps the music industry's top business and technology stories from 2007. Plus, we conclude Soundcheck's Critics Week with a list of the worst, most overrated albums of 2007, according to Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis. Plus: accordionist and cabaret artist Rachelle Garniez performs live in our studio.
More on Soundcheck's Critics' Week
More on Soundcheck's Critics' Week
Business and Tech Stories of 2007
Wired magazine columnist Eliot Van Buskirk shares the business and technology developments that drove the music industry in 2007.
Eliot Van Buskirk's top stories of 2007 (with help from readers of his blog, Listening Post)
- Radiohead's "In Rainbows" release
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The Worst of 2007
Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis offers his irreverent look at the worst and most overrated albums of 2007. Also: we unveil the results of the Soundcheck listener poll.
Jim DeRogatis' list of the year's worst albums.
The Stooges, The Weirdness
Feist, ...
Rachelle Garniez
Since picking up the accordion 20 years ago, Rachelle Garniez has performed in New York clubs, on subway platforms, and in Carnival festivities in Venice. Rachelle joins us to play selections from her cabaret-flavored new album, "Melusine Years."
Rachelle Garniez performs at Joe's Pub on Dec. 22 at 9:30 ...
Rachelle Garniez performs at Joe's Pub on Dec. 22 at 9:30 ...
Best of 2007
See what host John Schaefer and the listeners chose as the best albums of 2007.
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