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With a skeptical eye, Soundcheck conducts its recurrent survey of the Billboard landscape to see who has made the cut, and who should have. Plus: Moreno Veloso is the son of Caetano Veloso, the singer-songwriter who fathered Tropicalia in 1960s Brazil. In the family tradition, Moreno re-imagines his native sound today with the samba syndicate Kassin +2.
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Soundcheck takes its semi-regular look at what's topping the Billboard charts, and what should be. We're joined by Chris Molanphy, who writes the pop-chart column "100 and Single" for the music blog Idolator.
CD Picks of the Week
Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read more about the picks here.
Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Live in Japan" (ATO Records) – picked by Gisele Regatao [Amazon]
Lost In The Trees, "All Alone in An Empty House" (Trekky Records) – picked by John Schaefer [MySpace] ...
Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Live in Japan" (ATO Records) – picked by Gisele Regatao [Amazon]
Lost In The Trees, "All Alone in An Empty House" (Trekky Records) – picked by John Schaefer [MySpace] ...
Tropicalia Today
Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso was one of the creators of the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo in the '60s. A decade later came Samba Soul, mixing samba with R&B and soul with baião. Caetano's son Moreno Veloso is part of a new generation of musicians re-inventing that sound. He plays live ...