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Friday, May 09, 2003
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  • Oxana Yablonskaya

    Satellites and Emigres

    If you studied at the Juilliard School, chances are that you’ve been taught by eminent Russian pianist Oxana Yablonskaya. On this edition of Soundcheck, she joins us in the studio to play live with her son, cellist Dmitri Yablonsky, also a soloist of great renown. Pianist John Stetch follows up his last record, "Ukrainianism," with a new set of improvisations on jazz standards. This Ukrainian-Canadian stops by for a live performance as well.

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Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas

Soundcheck

August 22, 2008
New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

Bon Iver

Soundcheck

July 30, 2008
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

Billboard Chart

Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

Soundcheck

August 14, 2008
Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

Janelle Monae

The Next Big Things

Soundcheck

Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

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