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Monday, May 21, 2007
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    NY Philarmonic Summer Concerts in the Park

    Lines and Tickets and Bands...Oh My!

    With so many options for music this summer, you might need some help sorting through the hype. Today, our expert panel reveals the season's best shows and best albums. And, find out how to survive an outdoor festival. Plus, choreographer Wally Cardona and composer Phil Kline talk about their new collaboration at Dance Theater Workshop.

Summer of Sound

With so many concerts, festivals and hot new albums on tap for this summer, what's a poor fan to do? Rest easy: Let Soundcheck guide you through the next three months of music madness. Bill Werde of Billboard magazine tips us off on the best events and new releases.

Also: Men's Health magazine has assembled a survival guide to outdoor music festivals. Associate editor Mike Dawson shares some tips on avoiding the summertime blues.

A Summer Concert Survivial Kit

Taking it to the Streets

On June 21, the first day of summer, some 400 musical acts will take to the streets of New York for "Make Music New York," a city-wide celebration of music. The event is modeled after France's "Fête de la Musique," first held in 1982 in Paris and an annual event throughout the country ever since. Today, Aaron Friedman, the event's founder, joins us to shed light on some of the more unusual offerings.

Make Music NY Web site

Wally Cardona Quartet

Choreographer Wally Cardona is known for a "landscape" approach to performance. His work transforms not only a stage, but often an entire venue. Cardona and composer Phil Kline join us in studio to talk about their new collaboration, SITE, which runs May 29 through June 2 at Dance Theater Workshop.

SITE at Dance Theater Workshop

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: Angel Deradoorian

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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.

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.

In Studio: Stephanie McKay

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The local singer-songwriter performs "Jackson Avenue," a nostalgic toast to her childhood in the South Bronx.

The Decemberists

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.

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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.