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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 band Of Montreal recently visited Soundcheck to play live and to talk about their latest album, "Skeletal Lamping." (Check out the full segment here.) After the broadcast, frontma... (article)
I think we were all surprised yesterday at the strong reactions provoked by our segment on Auto-Tune, the little software program that corrects pitch but which, when used as a “speci... (article)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Bach’s 'The Art of Fugue' (Deutsche Grammophon) The iconic image of a classical pianist in 2008 might have been that of Lang Lang, performing center stage, in ... (article)
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)