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(Grant Gee)
A 60's teen idol who drifted to dark avant-garde music, Scott Walker is one of pop music's most compelling and elusive outsiders. Today: the director of a documentary film on Walker offers an appreciation. Also: Anna Netrebko's velvety voice has earned hordes of opera fans, even as her smoldering looks can drive magazine sales. She joins us today to share "Souvenirs," her new collection of salon songs, operetta classics, lullabies and more.
Crowdsourcing: Tell us what holiday music you're hearing in stores this season. (Anything unusual? Or the same old chestnuts?)
Crowdsourcing: Tell us what holiday music you're hearing in stores this season. (Anything unusual? Or the same old chestnuts?)
The Story of Scott Walker
A session bassist who hit it big with the ’60s teen-idol act The Walker Brothers, Scott Walker recorded dark and brooding solo albums that rival those of Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave. His most recent album is the disturbing, but critically lauded The Drift. The reclusive artist is the subject ...
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Lou Reed: Berlin, Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse
In 1972, Lou Reed struck gold with his album Transformer. In 1973, his followup was a moody, almost schizophrenic effort called Berlin. And it was met with general incomprehension. But for those of us who actually loved that album back in the ...
In 1972, Lou Reed struck gold with his album Transformer. In 1973, his followup was a moody, almost schizophrenic effort called Berlin. And it was met with general incomprehension. But for those of us who actually loved that album back in the ...
Anna Netrebko
Since debuting at the Metropolitan Opera in 2002, Russian-born soprano Anna Netrebko has become one of opera's most-watched talents. Named Musical America's 2008 Musician of the Year, she also recently became a mother. She joins us to talk about balancing a high-powered career with motherhood, and about “Souvenirs,” a new ...
When pop stars turn their back on "pop"
As I might have mentioned earlier this week (when my jetlag was much, much worse than it is today), I just got back from Australia, where I was hosting a bunch of events at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival. For the second year in a row, I had a chance ...