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Soundcheck / August 04, 2008

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Monday, August 04, 2008
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    Ghosts of Pop Music Past

    For every stack of CDs and boxed set proudly displayed in the living room, a couple of embarrassing albums lurk at the bottom of a closet. Today on Soundcheck: critics and listeners reveal their dirty musical secrets. Later: singer Ana Moura is part of a new generation of singers working with fado, the melancholic and mournful Portuguese music. She performs in our studio. This is a repeat broadcast.

Dirty Musical Secrets

Today we confess the "dirty secrets" in our pop music past -- the albums, concerts and fan letters that even our closest friends don't know about. Cintra Wilson, New York Times and Salon.com contributor, and Anne Midgette, the Washington Post's acting chief classical music critic join our listeners in sharing their darkest musical secrets. This is a repeat broadcast.

Tell us: We all have a bad album, concert or fan letter waiting to be exposed. What's a dirty secret from your pop-music past?

Ana Moura

Ana Moura is part of a new generation of singers working with fado, the melancholic and mournful Portuguese music that has attracted fans like the Rolling Stones. She joins us to talk about performing a private concert for the famous rockers and she performs in the studio. This is a repeat broadcast.

The Pacifica Quartet

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Carter Burwell and Maya Beiser

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Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar's Ode to Jack Kerouac

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The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.

RZA on the Tao of Wu

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