Soundcheck
Benefits and Big Bucks
Monday, November 20, 2006
At a time when seemingly every musician has a benefit concert or CD to promote, we ask: how useful are they? The opera star and spokesperson for The Partnership for the Homeless Jessye Norman will join industry experts for on a discussion about the merits and the success rate of do-good musical projects. Also: Brooklyn-based quintet Phonograph plays live their mix of stripped-down Americana and psychedelic sounds.
The Business of the Benefit
From Live Aid, to Farm Aid, to the Concert for New York, benefit concerts raise big bucks for good causes -- or do they? Today on Soundcheck, opera star Jessye Norman describes her work on behalf of charitable causes, and we speak with a charity watchdog group to discuss the realities of do-good concerts.
Jessye Norman with Partnership for the Homeless
Charity Navigator, a national charity evaluator
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