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Australian troubadour Paul Kelly (public)Mother of Invention
Australian troubadour Paul Kelly drops by on the heels of his latest CD, "Ways and Means." Because he focuses on working-class life, he's sometimes compared to Bruce Springsteen. Yet there's an unassuming quality to his folk-pop reveries that critics have compared to Roy Orbison, Tom Waits and other offbeat romantics. Decide for yourself today when he pays us a visit. Speaking of offbeat, we visit with Gail Zappa, the widow of iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa. A new CD of his "serious" orchestral music was recently released by the Ensemble Modern, the German new-music group that Zappa worked with late in life to much acclaim. Gail Zappa discusses her work on behalf of her late husband.
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Introducing our Video Contest
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John Schaefer gives the lowdown on Soundcheck's music video challenge with the Fiery Furnaces.
In Studio: Los Amigos Invisibles
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The Venezuelan funk-rock band "Los Amigos Invisibles" was discovered by David Byrne in a Manhattan record shop. They perform live on Soundcheck.
In Studio: Angel Deradoorian
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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.
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Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico
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Cucu Diamantes went from a tough childhood in Havana, Cuba, to an art school in Rome to underground New York City, where she co-founded the Latin alternative band Yerba Buena.
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In Studio: The Decemberists
The Portland, Ore., band's latest album, "The Hazards of Love," is a concept album with a mythological flair. They joined Soundcheck to play live for a studio audience in WNYC's Greene Space.
Sound Off
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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.
