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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
  • Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music by Chris Willman
    Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music by Chris Willman (The New Press)

    Country Comes to Town

    New York's been overrun by country music for the past week. Today, we speak with Entertainment Weekly’s senior writer Chris Willman for a round-up of the week’s events. We'll get his take on so-called Red state music here in Blue state territory. And, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison. Cash's life is being celebrated in a new film coming out at the end of this week. We’ll take an in-depth look at the story of the Folsom prison recording. And we speak with New Yorker writer Sasha Frere-Jones about hip hop…from Houston.

Rednecks & Bluenecks

As New York's first-ever Country Music Association Awards get underway, we take look at the politics of country music with author Chris Willman.
» Country Music Association Web site
» More on Chris Willman's Rednecks and BluenecksWeb site

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

The story behind the classic recording with author Michael Streissguth.
» Review of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.

Hip hop in Houston

How Houston is hopping to a hip hop beat with Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker magazine.

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: 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: Stephanie McKay

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The local singer-songwriter performs "Jackson Avenue," a nostalgic toast to her childhood in the South Bronx.

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.