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Pigskin Classics and Snake Ensembles
Two celebrated American traditions are looming near: Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl. Today, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, a Boston-based funky brass band about to embark on a Mardi Gras tour of New York City and New Orleans, joins us to share some music. Also, Andrew Druckenbrod, classical music critic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, stops in to discuss how classical music has turned up in an unlikely place in American pop culture: as accompaniments to televised football. "NFL Films' music isn't Beethovenian in scope or artistry," he writes, "and much of the music is derivative" but it may be a perfect way of marketing orchestras to a new audience.
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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.
