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Show Business: The Road to BroadwayMore Than Your Average Backstage Tour
"Show Business: The Road to Broadway" is an ambitious documentary that follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical in 2003-04. Today, director Dori Berinstein and Tony Award-winning composer Robert Lopez (from Avenue Q), join us to unveil the brutal side of a glamorous art form. Also: Banjo-strumming Kentucky native Matt Bauer reinterprets country and bluegrass to create a hauntingly modern sound. He plays live in studio.
The Inner Workings of Broadway Musicals
"ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway" is a documentary that follows the four high-profile productions that would eventually become Tony nominees for Best Musical: the brash and brassy "Wicked," the Rosie O'Donnell/Boy George collaboration, "Taboo," the highly anticipated Tony Kushner musical, "Caroline, or Change," and the cheeky puppet show "Avenue Q." Director Dori Berinstein and composer Robert Lopez joins us to talk about their remarkable access.
Show Business: The Road To Broadway Web site
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Matt Bauer
Alt-country singer-songwriter Matt Bauer creates songs steeped in Americana with driving banjo, sleepy electric guitars, and intimate vocals. He joins us to perform live from his new album "Wasps and White Roses."
High Line Festival
The inaugural High Line Festival kicks off this Wednesday in New York. David Bowie is serving as the "curator" of the ten-day whirlwind of music, film and art. We talk with New York Times music reporter Ben Sisario about the festival, its curious namesake, and how a rock legend got involved.
High Line Festival web site
Ben Sisario's article on Bowie and the festival
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Introducing our Video Contest
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John Schaefer gives the lowdown on Soundcheck's music video challenge with the Fiery Furnaces.
In Studio: Los Amigos Invisibles
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The Venezuelan funk-rock band "Los Amigos Invisibles" was discovered by David Byrne in a Manhattan record shop. They perform live on Soundcheck.
In Studio: Angel Deradoorian
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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.
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Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico
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Cucu Diamantes went from a tough childhood in Havana, Cuba, to an art school in Rome to underground New York City, where she co-founded the Latin alternative band Yerba Buena.
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In Studio: The Decemberists
The Portland, Ore., band's latest album, "The Hazards of Love," is a concept album with a mythological flair. They joined Soundcheck to play live for a studio audience in WNYC's Greene Space.
Sound Off
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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.
