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Friday, March 23, 2007
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  • Six Degrees Records

    Record Labels Reborn

    To be an old school label in 2007 is to be out of business. Between today, and Wednesday, we will run three segments looking at the past, present and future of record labels. On today’s show: how labels, like Six Degrees Records, are reinventing themselves in order to survive. Also: Keyboardist and composer Jason Lindner fuses African, Latin-American and Middle Eastern music. He and his trio perform live in our studio.

    Labels and Beyond Series

Beyond Labels

"If you're just a record company in 2007, you're out of business," says Bob Duskis, who runs independent label Six Degrees Records. Duskis, and Gerd Leonhard, co-author of the book "The Future of Music," join us to discuss how record companies are evolving in the digital age.

Six Degrees Records Web site
Gerd Leonhard's Website

Jason Lindner

Keyboardist, and composer, Jason Lindner makes Jazz fusing African, Latin-American and Middle Eastern music. He and his trio perform live in our studio.

Jason Lindner's Website

Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas

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August 22, 2008
New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

Bon Iver

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July 30, 2008
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

Billboard Chart

Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

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August 14, 2008
Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

Janelle Monae

The Next Big Things

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Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

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