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Material Girl Makes Maverick Move

Monday, October 22, 2007

Madonna is dumping her record label for a concert promoter. Today, find out what the massive deal means for artists, fans, and the music industry. Plus: the UK sextet Tunng have been dubbed "folktronica." The group shares songs from a new album bearing a more accessible pop sound. And later: Violinist Joshua Bell and 15-year-old composer Jay Greenberg talk about the premiere of Greenberg's Violin Concerto at Carnegie hall.

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Madonna's Live Nation Deal

The vast revenue-sharing agreement between Madonna and Live Nation aims to change the three-way relationship between artists, record labels and tour promoters. We ask Ray Waddell of Billboard magazine what this estimated $120 million deal means for the music industry -- and Madonna fans.

Joshua Bell and Jay Greenberg

Violinist Joshua Bell is having a banner year -- appearing as a busker in a Washington, DC, subway station, releasing a new CD of The Red Violin Concerto by John Corigliano, and winning the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. Next weekend he’ll perform the world premiere of 15-year-old Jay Greenberg's Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall. Bell and Greenberg join us to discuss how the piece came together.

Joshua Bell website
Jay Greenberg's website

Tunng

The term "folktronica" was coined to try to describe Tunng's signature sound: a blend of elliptical storytelling and folksy acoustic guitars with the production techniques of ambient and glitch electronica. But on their third full-length CD, "Good Arrows," Tunng goes for a richer, more accessible pop sound. Core member Mike Lindsay joins us to talk about it.

Tunng website