Nirvana inspired thousands of teenagers to pick up a guitar, but the band's music might have sounded very different if frontman Kurt Cobain had never picked up a Beatles album. Today: listeners and music critics tell us how one album changed their lives. Plus: live music from rock-powered jazz trio The New Standards.
Guests:
The New Standards
When a CD Is More Than a CD
Lurking in every music fan's collection is an album that changed a life in some way, big or small. Today we ask you about "The Album That Changed Your Life," a record that compelled you to pick up an instrument, start a career in music, or make a big decision. ...
The New Standards
Members of The New Standards led past lives in groups like the Suburbs, Semisonic, and Billygoat. On their latest album, "Rock and Roll," the trio's rock chops fuel unplugged and jazzy covers of songs by Elvis Costello, Britney Spears and the Clash. They join us to perform live.
The album that changed my life... and eventually led me here.
Our question today seems an easy one - name the album that changed your life. Many music fans have songs and records that forever changed them, and the more rabid the fan, the more likely it is that there IS in fact one recording that stands out. I've always loved ...