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If you're over 50, you've probably received an invitation to join AARP. Now, the advocacy group for aging Americans is offering a new benefit: music. Find out why AARP wants to play tastemaker to a generation that grew up with rock 'n' roll. Plus, world music artist Angelique Kidjo performs live in our studio.
Music for Grownups?
For 50 years, the organization once known as the American Association of Retired Persons has sold insurance, investments and other services to its members. Now the group wants to market music to the generation that grew up with rock 'n' roll. We talk with Emilio Pardo, chief brand officer at the AARP and Chuck Nyren, author of Advertising to Baby Boomers, about the role online music could play in the golden years.
Angelique Kidjo
On her new album, Djin Djin, Benin-born singer Angelique Kidjo teams up with numerous music industry notables: Carlos Santana, Branford Marsalis, Alicia Keys, and Peter Gabriel, among others. We talk to the New York-based world music star about working with an all-star cast, plus Kidjo performs live in our studio.
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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.
