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In the memoir Greetings from Bury Park, author Sarfraz Manzoor recalls growing up in the '80s as a British Muslim -- and a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. Today: Manzoor discusses the app... (episode)
In the final episode of a four-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of this year's most memorable live performances in our studio. We revisit sets by Bon Iver, Cyro Baptista, the C... (episode)
In the third episode of a four-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of this year's most memorable live performances in our studio. We revisit sets from Cat Power, Regina Spektor, P... (episode)
In the second installment of a four-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of most memorable live performances in our studio this year. We revisit sets from pianist Marc-André Hameli... (episode)
In the first episode of a four-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of the most memorable live performances in our studio this year. We revisit sets from the Blind Boys of Alabama... (episode)
BBC Music Magazine recently polled choirmasters and choral experts on the greatest Christmas carols ever. We find out what songs made the Top 50. (It’s not “Silent Night.”) Plus: cell... (episode)
The right Christmas carol can melt hearts -- or turn stomachs. Today: the battle over Christmas music, in a Soundcheck Smackdown debate. Later: the early music group Lionheart preview... (episode)
When music historians look back at 2008, they might remember it for Auto-Tune, the robotic vocal effect that turns up on countless R&B; and rap songs. Today, New Yorker pop music crit... (episode)
Soundcheck has spent all week honoring the best music of 2008 - now, we call out the worst. Chicago Sun-Times music critic Jim DeRogatis dishes on the most unlistenable and overrated ... (episode)
For the fourth installment of Soundcheck's Critics Week series, Jon Pareles of the New York Times gives his list of the best in world music, while Daily News contributor Carolina Gonz... (episode)