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Was M.I.A.'s album better than those from Amy Winehouse and Alicia Keys? Cast your vote in our annual poll. (Rod | Le-HibOO.com)Critics Week: The Year in Pop
All this week, music critics are helping Soundcheck review the best and worst of 2007. Today: a look at the year in pop music with Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times. Plus, we unveil our annual online poll. And later: With a singer and a pianist for parents, Sasha Dobson grew up with jazz. Her own music draws on Brazilian and pop sounds. Dobson performs live in our studio.
Weigh in: Soundcheck's 2007 listener poll
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Pop Music: Best of 2007
Jay-Z rode the coattails of an "American Gangster." Sanjaya overstayed his welcome on "American Idol." And the industry's high anxiety over the future of music got, well, higher. Soundcheck kicks off "Critics Week" with a recap of pop music in 2007. We talk with Ann Powers, chief pop music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
Ann Powers' top albums of 2007 list (listed in no particular order)
Sharon Jones, 100 Days 100 Nights
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
The Bird and the Bee, The Bird and the Bee
Radiohead, In Rainbows
MIA, Kala
PJ Harvey, White Chalk
Robin Thicke, The Evolution of Robin Thicke
Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Lil Wayne [various mixtapes and appearances]
Patty Griffin, Children Running Through
Soundcheck's Picks of 2007
The Soundcheck staff weighs in with their favorite recordings of the year.
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Mahler Symphony No. 5
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
[Brian Wise]
Andy Palácio and the Garifuna Collective, Wátina
[Gisele Regatao]
Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
[Joel Meyer]
Jamie T, Panic Prevention
[John Schaefer]
Sasha Dobson
Singer-songwriter Sasha Dobson's latest CD, "Modern Romance," flirts with Brazilian, pop and country styles. She joins us to talk about the album and to perform live in the Soundcheck studio.
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