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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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