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Critics' Week: The Decade in Pop Music

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Today, Soundcheck launches Critics' Week, an in-depth survey of the past decade in music. We begin by exploring how pop music reacted to the age of iTunes, Youtube and the 99-cent single. Joining us with her reactions is the freelance music writer Maura Johnston. Also on the show: Julian Lennon. The singer-songwriter is back to making music and putting his musical genes to work again.

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Maura Johnston

The Decade in Pop Music

In 2000, iPods hadn’t yet arrived, Tower Records was still the go-to music retailer, and no one could imagine the music industry phenomenon that would become "American Idol." Today, music writer Maura Johnston fills us in on how pop music responded to the major changes in technology (Youtube, iPods, MySpace) ...

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Soundcheck's Picks of 2009

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Julian Lennon

Julian Lennon is the first son of Beatle John Lennon and he was the inspiration of the song "Hey Jude." He was also the one who did a drawing of his friend Lucy with crayons, showed it to his father saying it was "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." He ...

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Soundcheck Critics' Week: Best Pop of the '00s

During the week of December 14, WNYC's Soundcheck is speaking with music critics each day about their favorite material of 2009 and the last decade. For Monday's edition, John Schaefer spoke with freelance music writer Maura Johnston about pop in the aughts.

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Soundcheck's Picks of the Year

What a year it was... Our favorite albums include music from a car commercial, some old Americana, a Bernstein Mass and… well, you know we have someone from Brazil on our team…

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New Pop for a New Century?

Soundcheck's John Schaefer wants to know what you thought was the biggest story in pop music during the '00s.

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