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Monday, January 15, 2007
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    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 Swell Season in The Greene Space

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Joshua Bell in The Greene Space

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