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Flickr/Creative CommonsWho's on Top... and Who Should Be?
With a skeptical eye, Soundcheck conducts its recurrent survey of the Billboard landscape to see who has made the cut, and who should have. Plus: Moreno Veloso is the son of Caetano Veloso, the singer-songwriter who fathered Tropicalia in 1960s Brazil. In the family tradition, Moreno re-imagines his native sound today with the samba syndicate Kassin +2.
Ask the Record Doctor! if you’ve ever been confounded by the process of buying a classical recording, tune in Monday when the Record Doctor pays a visit. Want to know what recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is the best? The Doc - music critic Norman Lebrecht - will provide both diagnoses and cure. Send us your questions now!
Heartbreaks, Beyonce and Axl's Baby
Soundcheck takes its semi-regular look at what's topping the Billboard charts, and what should be. We're joined by Chris Molanphy, who writes the pop-chart column "100 and Single" for the music blog Idolator.
CD Picks of the Week
Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Read more about the picks here.
Rodrigo y Gabriela, "Live in Japan" (ATO Records) – picked by Gisele Regatao [Amazon]
Lost In The Trees, "All Alone in An Empty House" (Trekky Records) – picked by John Schaefer [MySpace]
Recomposed by Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald, “Music by Maurice Ravel & Modest Mussorgsky” (Deutsche Grammophon) - picked by Brian Wise [Amazon]
Tropicalia Today
Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso was one of the creators of the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo in the '60s. A decade later came Samba Soul, mixing samba with R&B and soul with baião. Caetano's son Moreno Veloso is part of a new generation of musicians re-inventing that sound. He plays live in the studio with his samba super-group, Kassin +2.
Kassin +2 plays the Brooklyn Academy of Music tonight as part of the Red Hot & Rio tribute to bossa nova. Doors open at 8 p.m.
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