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We conclude our Sound Off series on noise -- with a look at silence. Author Anne D. LeClaire tells us about her personal regimen of silence. And: Pulitzer-prize winning author Frank M... (episode)
Rapper Q-Tip, New Orleans music impresario Allen Toussaint and indie rock godfathers Dinosaur Jr. are just a few of the big names playing free concerts in New York this year. Today: a... (episode)
Five years ago, Puerto Rican politicians criticized reggaeton music as base and immoral. Today the music has become the soundtrack of the nation and is studied in the halls of academi... (episode)
Green Day’s chart-topping new album has all the trappings of a rock opera: big ideas, star-crossed characters and an epic song cycle. But the art form pioneered by The Who and The Kin... (episode)
For left-handers, it's an unforgiving world filled with awkwardly-shaped scissors, computer mouses, notebooks and even MetroCard swipers. Today we find out how left-handed musicians w... (episode)
Stores that sell blue jeans and T-shirts increasingly resemble nightclubs, with dark lighting and blaring dance tunes. In the latest installment of our May series "Sound Off," we exam... (episode)
Torture memos and waterboarding are the subject of much debate in Washington, but few are talking about the use of music in detainee interrogations. Today: music as torture, past and ... (episode)
Today, we take a behind-the-scenes look at two unsung heroes of the music world: piano page-turners and opera prompters. Find out why soloists and opera singers would be nowhere witho... (episode)
Rapper Eminem may be clean and sober, but his music is still down and dirty. In another Soundcheck Smackdown, we debate the celebrity parodies and murder fantasies on the new album "R... (episode)
Frank Sinatra's classic "My Way" tops a list of pop songs most frequently heard at funerals in Great Britain. Today: the rise of non-traditional music in final farewells. Plus, a loca... (episode)