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Neil Young rides in a limo in the “Cough Up the Bucks” video
The economic recession has inspired songs from artists like Neil Young and rapper Jadakiss. Today: how the financial crisis has produced a stimulus for rock, country and hip-hop. Also: the boundary smashing group Balkan Beat Box performs songs from their first remix album.
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Balkan Beat Box
Songwriting Stimulus
The financial crisis pops up in new songs from Neil Young, Prince, rapper Jadakiss and others. Washington Post pop music critic J. Freedom du Lac and rapper Khujo of the Georgia duo Willie Isz talk about how an economic recession has inspired musicians.
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Bargemusic's Olga Bloom Turns 90
These days you can find classical music in all kinds of non-traditional spaces – bars, clubs, art galleries, you name it. But long before these efforts, there was Bargemusic, the world’s only year-round floating concert hall. Today, its founder Olga Bloom turns 90 years old. She tells us about some ...
An Eclectic Cocktail, Remixed
The Brooklyn-based group Balkan Beat Box has long blended Gypsy, Jewish, Arabic and Mediterranean rhythms in their quest for a boundary-smashing party. They join us for a live performance of songs from their first remix album, "Nu Made."
To Be, or Not To Be... Topical
Late last year, a reporter from one of the big UK newspapers called and asked if I thought that tough times produced darker moments in pop music. I told him that I thought it was the reverse - when you look at the popular music of the Great Depression, the ...
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