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Celine Dion (Denise Truscello)
Céline Dion is one of the most successful singers in the world, yet she has few fans among music critics. Today on Soundcheck, find out if one critic changed his mind after immersing himself in Dion's music for months. And later: Brooklyn-based band Via Audio scored a top-notch producer the old fashioned way: they pressed a CD into the palm of Spoon drummer and producer Jim Eno. They perform live in our studio.
Guilty Displeasures
Carl Wilson of Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper did what other music critics might find unfathomable: He listened to Celine Dion. A lot. In the book Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, Wilson explores the idea of a "guilty displeasure": something we're quick to ...
Via Audio
Brooklyn-based band Via Audio scored a top-notch producer the old fashioned way: they pressed a CD into the palm of Spoon drummer and producer Jim Eno. Via Audio’s new album is called “Say Something.” They play live in the studio.
Oregon Takes a Stand
In its fight against illegal file-sharing, the recording industry has turned to colleges and universities to ferret out students swapping songs over campus networks. But the University of Oregon is having none of it. We talk with New York Times reporter Adam Liptak.