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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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  • Abbey Road
    Abbey Road

    Behind the Fab Four

    The Fab Four created a musical revolution, but they didn't do it on their own. Today on Soundcheck, meet Geoff Emerick, the recording engineer who worked alongside The Beatles as they went from amateur teen heart throbs to an international music sensation. Emerick was responsible for pushing the limits of recording technology on Revolver, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, Abbey Road and much more. Also, a live performance by the musician and inventor Bradford Reed. He's created a one-of-a-kind percussion instrument called the penicillina. He'll perform live in the studio.

Behind the Music of the Fab Four

Geoff Emerick was the Beatles' recording engineer, who worked on some of their best-loved albums.

DIY Instruments

Bradford Reed not only writes his own music, he makes his own instruments. He joins us with his invention, the pencillina.
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Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas

Soundcheck

August 22, 2008
New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

Bon Iver

Soundcheck

July 30, 2008
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

Billboard Chart

Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

Soundcheck

August 14, 2008
Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

Janelle Monae

The Next Big Things

Soundcheck

Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

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