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Mary J. Blige (mjblige.com)Critiquing the Critics
Time Out New York has just released a poll of the best of New York's arts critics. Soundcheck takes on their critique of the critics. Also: Composer Martin Bresnick. He's influenced some of the most important musicians of the day. His music is being featured in a 60th birthday retrospective at Carnegie Hall this weekend, and on a new greatest hits CD. Finally: some surprising oversights in this year's Grammy picks.
Critiquing the Critics and Reviewing the Grammy's
Time Out New York's Editor-in-Chief Brian Farnham talks about the magazine's survey of New York leading arts critics.
We also check in with Newsday pop music critic Glenn Gamboa about some surprising oversights in this year's Grammy picks.
Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick is a composer and the coordinator of the composition department at Yale. He's influneced some of the most important young composers of our day and he's being celebrated at a 60th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall. He joins us tomorrow.
Bole2Harlem
Bole2Harlem represents the emergence of a new musical identity for the Ethiopian diaspora and a sonic bridge between New York’s uptown "Little Africa" and Bole, Ethiopia’s airport of entry. We speak the record's producer, Dave Schommer.
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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.
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Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico
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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.
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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.
