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Troubled Tours

Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, and several other high-profile musicians have been canceling concert tours this fall. Today, Gary Bongiovanni, editor of the concert trade publication Pollstar, explains why cancellations occur and how concert presenters cope with them. We also speak with singer Nick Luca who ended up in the Emergency Room while on tour with John Doe (X), the result of undetected diabetes.

Pollstar's Web site

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Soundcheck CD Picks of the Week

Each week, the Soundcheck staff digs through their inboxes for the best, catchiest, or strangest music they can find.

Georgie James: Places (Saddle Creek)
Take one Washington D.C. punk rocker, add one heartfelt singer-songwriter, and you get the hyper-energetic candy pop duo Georgie James. On their full-length debut, Places, Davis and Burhenn pump out irresistible hooks and harmonies. --Joel Meyer

Places is available for purchase at amazon.com

Michael Holt: Windows
Once a member of a critically acclaimed but woefully underappreciated band called The Mommyheads, this former New Yorker has since moved to Toronto and has been putting out albums under his own name for a few years. His songs range from the sublime to the surreal in any given tune, all sung in a lovely tenor. --Irene Trudel

For more information, please visit Michael Holt's website: http://www.mommyheads.com/holt.html

Tunng: Good Arrows
The term "folktronica" was coined to try to describe this oddly-named UK sextet and their signature sound: a blend of elliptical storytelling and folksy acoustic guitars with the production techniques of ambient and glitch electronica. But on this, their third full-length CD, Tunng goes for a richer, more accessible pop sound. --John Schaefer

Good Arrows is available for purchase at amazon.com

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado: Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Lucerne Festival Edition)
The name Lucerne Festival Orchestra, a young, multi-national ensemble based in Switzerland, was founded only five years ago. It’s now slated to open Carnegie Hall’s 2007-08 season next week. This new recording of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony shows them at their finest. --Brian Wise

For more information, please visit the website of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: http://e.lucernefestival.ch/page/content/view.asp?MenuID=3034&ID=3179&Menu=13&Item=15

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Kiran Ahluwalia

Born in Indian, raised in Canada and now based in New York, singer Kiran Ahluwalia blends many musical styles into her own performances, including Punjabi folk music, Portuguese fado, Saharan African blues and more. She performs live in the studio.

Kiran Ahluwalia's Web site

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