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Friday, January 21, 2005
  • Andreas Scholl - private collection
    Andreas Scholl (private collection)

    Renegades in the Opera House

    Guitar Player magazine believes guitarist and composer John King, "kicks post-Hendrix art-funk butt," and he joins us today to do more kicking. The former musical curator for The Kitchen, recipient of numerous grants and awards, and downtown music scene dignitary, King comes to speak about his new experimental opera La Belle Captive, a piece detailing the sometimes blurred line between captive and captor. And opening Lincoln Center’s "New Visions" series is "The Renaissance Muse," a musical theater production combining English Renaissance musical styles, and the writings of Campion and Shakespeare, among others. Director Mark Lamos and renown countertenor Andreas Scholl both speak about the roles in the project.

Additional Resources:
» John King's Web site
» Lincoln Center's Web site

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.

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.

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.