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A tuba player at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Bukowsky18/flickr)
As the Yankees kick off the 2010 baseball season this weekend, we look at the century-old relationship between baseball and popular music. Also: a pianist who has skyrocketed from the minors to the major leagues: Yuja Wang plays live in our studio.
Play Ball!
As the Yankees prepare to battle the Boston Red Sox in the major-league season opener this weekend, we look at the peanut-butter-and-jelly relationship between baseball and popular music. And, our listeners reveal their favorite baseball-inspired songs. We’re joined by Jeff Campbell, whose record label Hungry for Music releases compilations of ...
Yuja Wang
No up-and-coming classical musician is more in demand right now than Yuja Wang. The New York-based Chinese pianist seems to be everywhere currently. In 2009 alone, she earned a Grammy nomination for her debut recording, was named Classic FM Gramophone Awards “Young Artist of the Year,” and made her Carnegie ...
Music and Sports
What’s your favorite baseball music – to hear, or to sing? Tell Soundcheck.
Gig Alerts: Garotas Suecas
This Brazilian sextet play 1960's style R&B with a Latin flavor. Download their carefree track "Codinome Dinamite," then see them Friday night at Cake Shop.
Gig Alerts: Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet
This weekend the Peruvian trumpet player and his ensemble take over Tutuma Social Club. Download Alegría's intoxicating take on the Gershwin tune "Summertime."
Gig Alerts: Death
This recently discovered (and rightly praised) protopunk rockers will be tearing it up at Club Europa Friday night. Download their high-octane track "Politicians In My Eyes."