R&B singer Rihanna's alleged assault by boyfriend and pop star Chris Brown has triggered a discussion about music content and pop stars as role models. Today: the long history of violence against women in pop music. Later: French pianist Hélène Grimaud joins us to discuss her new all-Bach album and to perform live.
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Hélène GrimaudPop Violence
The lives and lyrics of pop music are filled with domestic violence. The latest chapter: an alleged assault involving pop stars Rihanna and Chris Brown. Today we discuss the history of abuse in pop recordings -- and in real life. We're joined by Elizabeth Mendez Berry, a music journalist who ...
Hélène Grimaud
Pianist Hélène Grimaud writes that “playing Bach allows you to mark your spiritual growth as well as your technical growth as an instrumentalist.” The French pianist - who also runs a wolf sanctuary in upstate New York and has written a memoir called “Variations Sauvages” – joins us to share ...
Your Line on "No Line on the Horizon"
U2 is streaming 'No Line on the Horizon' in its entirety on its MySpace page before it gets a release next week. We want Soundcheck listeners to tell us what they think of the album before our ...
Chris Brown and Rihanna: An Old, Sad story
The story of Chris Brown's alleged assault of a woman -- a woman that many believe to be his girlfriend, the the even more popular singer Rihanna -- may be news, but it's not new. Sadly, musicians are as prone to domestic abuse as anyone else. James Brown's treatment of ...
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