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Soundcheck / September 09, 2002

Soundcheck

Monday, September 09, 2002
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  • When Disaster Strikes

    Performers and composers aren’t the only ones re-thinking the significance of music in these post-September 11 times. Trinity Church music director Owen Burdick spearheaded efforts to provide music to recovery workers near the former World Trade Center plaza. Over 700 concerts’ worth of tuneful respite, to be precise. Burdick now says that a lot less music, and a lot more peace and quiet, may have been a better tactic. The California Guitar Trio bring their amalgam of classical, jazz, and surf-guitar music, to the studio for a live performance of memorial music. Plus, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer reviews Bruce Springsteen’s latest album, a disc comprised mostly of songs inspired by the terrorist attacks.

Even though streets near the former World Trade Center site remained off-limits for weeks after the Twin Towers’ collapse, Trinity Church had a Eucharist a mere five days after September 11.
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Since their chance meeting at a guitar workshop in England in 1987, the members of the California Guitar Trio have fused their backgrounds in classical, rock, and jazz to create a quirky repertoire that includes California surf-guitar and compositions by Bach.
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Bruce Springsteen has recently pumped financial resources into Asbury Park, the Jersey Shore town where he kicked off his music career. The rock luminary hits Europe next month before resuming his tour schedule in the U.S.
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Toumani Diabaté

Best Live Performances of 2008

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We revisit memorable in-studio performances from Toumani Diabaté, Cat Power, Regina Spektor, and others.

Marvin Gaye

The Year in Music and Branding

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Pop music and advertising go together like peanut butter and jelly. Grey Group music director Josh Rabinowitz shares his picks for the best song picks and ad campaigns of 2008.

Taylor Swift

Critics Week

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Music writers look back at the year's best pop, rock, hip hop, classical, jazz, Latin and world albums. Plus: the worst music of the year and the best online music. Read our critics' lists here. And don't forget to cast your vote in our best-albums poll.

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Noteworthy New York

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We have invited musicians and artists to help us select their favorite cultural destination in the neighborhood where they live. From parks and coffee shops to bowling alleys and museums, the options are as diverse as our group of contributors.