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Soundcheck / March 22, 2007

Soundcheck

Thursday, March 22, 2007
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  • "Little Steven" Van Zandt
    "Little Steven" Van Zandt

    Pop Jockey

    We know they're good musicians, but are they good Deejays too? Bob Dylan, Marky Ramone, and Snoop Dog all have their own shows. Musician deejays "Little Steven" Van Zandt and John McEuen join Soundcheck to explain what they do that regular Deejays can't. Also: Clarinetist/composer Andy Biskin brings a jazz band to play Stephen Foster songs live in studio.

Pop Jockey

Bob Dylan, Marky Ramone, and Snoop Dog all have their own shows. Musician deejays "Little Steven" Van Zandt, of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and John McCeuen, founder of the "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band," join Soundcheck with reporter Buzz McClain to explain what they're doing that traditional deejays are not.

Rechanneling Their Passion (Washington Post)
Little Steven's web site
John McEuen's web site

Making it at SxSW

Thousands of bands descend on Austin, Texas each year for the South-By-Southwest festival. Many of those bands are independent and unsigned and hope to get discovered. Reporter Karen Pelland followed New Jersey-based "Never the Nines" - a band hoping to do just that.

Never the Nines Myspace page

Andy Biskin

Clarinetist and composer Andy Biskin brings a jazz band for an unconventional interpretation of songs by the father of American music, Stephen Foster.

Andy Biskin's web site.

The Pacifica Quartet

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Carter Burwell and Maya Beiser

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Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar's Ode to Jack Kerouac

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The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

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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.

RZA on the Tao of Wu

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