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Soundcheck

Monday, January 15, 2007
  • (Flickr/MatthewBradley)
    (Flickr/MatthewBradley)

    The Sounds of Starbucks

    What is the sound of Starbucks? Today, a look at how Starbucks is cornering the market on mature, sultry-jazz pop with Mark Rahner, a reporter at the Seattle Times. Also: Baaba Maal shares his unique blend of Senegalese pop, traditional West African song, reggae and dance music. And: the Boston folk-rock duo The Weepies play live. They weren't shedding any tears after their last album peaked at number one on the iTunes folk chart. This is a repeat broadcast.

What's the Starbucks Sound?

A look at how Starbucks is cornering the market on mature, sultry-jazz pop.

Baaba Maal

The Senagalese pop singer Baaba Maal shares music from his latest album.

Baaba Maal's Web site

The Weepies

Boston folk-rock duo The Weepies share music from their new album, "Say I Am You."

The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

Soundcheck

Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.