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Let Plácido Domingo woo your date for you. (Sheila Rock)
Superstar tenor Placido Domingo is singing Verdi at age 69 and getting mostly positive reviews. But as more boomers reach retirement age, we're learning that not all singing voices are built to last. Today, we look at how aging effects the singing voice. Also: Bill Withers, known for his hits like "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lean on Me," joins us to discuss his own uniquely identifiable voice.
When Voices Keep on Truckin'
Last week, three days before turning 69, superstar tenor Placido Domingo appeared at the Metropolitan Opera at in title role of Verdi’s opera “Simon Boccanegra.” The reviews have been largely positive. Yet other singers have much less success with vocal preservation. Today, we look at how aging effects the voice, ...
Bill Withers
One of the sweetest voices of soul’s golden era in the 1970s, Bill Withers is best known for hits like “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean on Me,” about growing up in a West Virginia coal mining town. His life and career is chronicled in the documentary Still Bill. Withers joins ...
The Aging Voice
Soundcheck wants to know, which singers' voices do you think improved with age? Whose didn’t?
Gig Alerts: The Depreciation Guild
Download the Depreciation Guild's chimerical track, "In Her Gentle Jaws."
