Holiday shopping is tough enough. Buying music for friends and family is even tougher. Three music critics join guest host Katherine Lanpher to offer tips on what CDs to buy your friends, family — and even your enemy. And later: Ben Jaffe of the New Orleans Preservation Hall shares tracks from "Made in New Orleans," a collection of archival jazz tracks -- and unusual artifacts.
Guests:
Ben JaffeGift Ideas for the Holidays
To kick off the shopping season, Soundcheck enlists the help of local music critics to help you decide which CDs to buy friends and loved ones -- and even your enemy. (Yes, we even buy gifts for our enemies.) Coming to our holiday rescue: music writers Fred Plotkin, Jody Rosen, ...
Made in New Orleans
Ben Jaffe, the son of Preservation Hall founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe, talks about assembling archival recordings and New Orleans artifacts that his parents had collected over the years. The result, a CD-DVD double-disc set called "Made In New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions," features recordings rescued from floodwaters in Allen ...