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Few sports have inspired a broader range of music than baseball. Major songwriters and composers have tackled baseball as a subject; several players are musicians themselves (Bernie Williams, Denny McLain); and just about every big star these days has a personal theme song that plays when they go up to bat. Today, as the Yankees open their home season in the Bronx, a look at baseball's soundtrack with Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum. Also: with Passover approaching, we visit with Aaron Bisman and Jacob Harris, who together run JDub Records, a Jewish record label and production company that was behind the success of Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu. They're also part of a trend towards making Jewish culture hip. Finally: The British punk act Art Brut, one of the most ubiquitous bands at this year's South By Southwest Festival, joins us.
Hit Music
A look at the many ways in which baseball is featured in music with Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum.
» The Baseball Hall of Fame Web site
» For the Sandman, Déjà Vu All Over Again by Richard Sandomir
Too Cool for Shul
A conversation with the directors of JDub Records about making Jewish culture hip.
» JDub Records Web site
Art Brut
Scottish band Art Brut shares their debut album, "Bang Bang Rock & Roll."
» Art Brut's Web site
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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.
