The singer-songwriter Morrissey has made an colorful career singing witty songs about heartache and his unrequited desire. Today: a Soundcheck Smackdown debate on Morrissey’s music and career. Also: Emily Hope Price is a classically-trained singer/songwriter who sings with her cello and works with electronic loops; Bridget Kibbey is a harpist with a taste for genre-blurring collaborations. The two perform live in our studio and share the unusual story of how they met.
Soundcheck Smackdown: Morrissey – Witty or Washed Up?
The singer-songwriter Morrissey has made an colorful career singing witty songs about heartache and his unrequited desire. The former leader of the 1980’s band The Smiths refuses to cheer up on his new solo album, “Years of Refusal.” Today: A Soundcheck Smackdown debate on Morrissey’s music and career. Guests include ...
Get to know your neighbors
When Bridget Kibbey heard a knock at her door in the middle of practicing one afternoon, the award-winning harpist figured it must be a noise complaint. Lucky for her, it was Emily Hope Price, a singer, songwriter and cellist there to see the vacant apartment downstairs. Now neighbors and friends, ...
Morrissey Matters
I was a little concerned that today's Smackdown, about the singer known simply as Morrissey, might be one of those 'small circle of friends' kinda things. Interesting to fans of his band The Smiths and no one else ...
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