Critics' Week: The Decade in Pop Music
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 JohnstonThe 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) ...
Soundcheck's Picks of 2009
Our favorite albums in 2009 include music featured in a car commercial, some old Americana, Bernstein's Mass and a pioneer of Brazilian Manguebeat.
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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