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Madonna performing during the Confessions Tour, in Los Angeles. Photo taken by wonderboylb@aol.comCritics Week: Highs and Lows of 2007
In 2007, Paul McCartney teamed up with Starbucks. Madonna split with Warner Brothers. And Radiohead rocked the Internet. Today on Soundcheck: Wired magazine columnist Eliot van Buskirk recaps the music industry's top business and technology stories from 2007. Plus, we conclude Soundcheck's Critics Week with a list of the worst, most overrated albums of 2007, according to Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis. Plus: accordionist and cabaret artist Rachelle Garniez performs live in our studio.
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Business and Tech Stories of 2007
Wired magazine columnist Eliot Van Buskirk shares the business and technology developments that drove the music industry in 2007.
Eliot Van Buskirk's top stories of 2007 (with help from readers of his blog, Listening Post)
- Radiohead's "In Rainbows" release
- Two major labels moved away from digital-rights management
- New royalty rates for Internet radio stir controversy
- The rise of ad-supported and sponsored music
- The dawn of the age of the connected music player
- The so-called "360 degree" record deal
- Album sales really drop off
- RIAA steps up campaign against file sharers, wins court victory
- Universal Music Group CEO reveals perplexing digital strategy [from Wired profile by Seth Mnookin]
- The return and re-imagining of the music video
The Worst of 2007
Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis offers his irreverent look at the worst and most overrated albums of 2007. Also: we unveil the results of the Soundcheck listener poll.
Jim DeRogatis' list of the year's worst albums.
The Stooges, The Weirdness
Feist, The Reminder
Bjork, Volta
The Eagles, The Long Run
Rilo Kiley, Under the Blacklight
MIA, Kala
Rachelle Garniez
Since picking up the accordion 20 years ago, Rachelle Garniez has performed in New York clubs, on subway platforms, and in Carnival festivities in Venice. Rachelle joins us to play selections from her cabaret-flavored new album, "Melusine Years."
Rachelle Garniez performs at Joe's Pub on Dec. 22 at 9:30 p.m.
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