Flaws, Mad, Icarus
Kurt Andersen and film director Todd Solondz talk about flaws in art, and what artists do with them. Lou Reed and Bob Dylan lure listeners with their scratchy voices. And the show visits with Al Jaffe,...
View ArticleLou Reed's New York
Lou Reed is best known as the iconic frontman for The Velvet Underground as well as for his extensive solo catalog. Reed also happens to be a photographer. He joins host John Schaefer in the Soundcheck...
View ArticleTalk To Me: Velvet Underground
Before Warhol, before raucous live shows, before they made the pages of Rolling Stone, the Velvet Underground was a scrappy operation, playing their first paying gig in a New Jersey high school 44...
View ArticleLou Reed and Metallica Collaborate on 'Lulu'
It sounds like quite an unlikely collaboration — rock legend Lou Reed making a record backed the massively successful heavy metal group Metallica. Their new concept album, "Lulu," is out today in North...
View ArticleLou Reed: New York Legend
Today is a hard day to be a Lou Reed fan. The news of his death can’t really be a huge surprise, given his liver transplant in May. But being a Lou Reed fan was never easy. It was easy enough to become...
View ArticleWhat Lou Reed Gave Classical Music
Lou Reed never dabbled in symphonic music and he steered clear of writing a grandiose rock opera. But the rock 'n' roll iconoclast, who died on Sunday at age 71, was more than punk's most important...
View ArticleLou Reed Remembered; Of Montreal Plays Live
In this episode: The music world lost a truly legendary figure in rock music yesterday when Lou Reed died at the age of 71. Soundcheck reflects on the music and legacy of Reed -- both as a founding...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Lou Reed's New York
NYC icon Lou Reed died yesterday at the age of 71. We remember his life and work - and the New York he reflected and built. The phones are open: What did Lou Reed mean to you? What did his life reflect...
View ArticleLou Reed Remembered
In the wake of the death of musician Lou Reed, Soundcheck looks back at life and career of a singular musician and New York icon. Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis joins host John...
View ArticleLou Reed, Opera Duet Singer?
As tributes to the late Lou Reed continue, two videos highlighting his operatic side have resurfaced.One features the rocker singing beside Renee Fleming at a 2009 Prague concert commemorating the 20th...
View ArticleLaurie Anderson Tells Us Her Favorite Lou Reed Song
Fans of Lou Reed gathered at Lincoln Center this afternoon for a public memorial to honoring the influential New York singer and songwriter who died last month at the age of 71. The event was...
View Article11 Great Lou Reed Songs
When Lou Reed died on October 27th at age 71 he left behind many beautiful, surprising songs for us to experience. David Garland has been listening to a lot of Lou Reed lately, and presents some of his...
View ArticleThe “Wild Side” Behind Lou Reed’s “Walk”
"Walk on the Wild Side” was released in 1972 on Lou Reed’s second solo album, “Transformer.” Though musically this is the most pop-oriented tune on the record, and arguably of Lou Reed’s career,...
View ArticleHow the irreverent poetry of the ’60s helped spawn punk music
Rock star and poet Patti Smith in front of CBGB, New York’s most famous punk bar on its closing night in October 2006 after 33 years. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty ImagesWhere did punk rock come...
View ArticleThe 'Wild Side' Of Lou Reed's Life
Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor to Rolling Stone, joins us to discuss his book Lou Reed. DeCurtis chronicles the five decade-long career of Lou Reed, from his early days with the Velvet...
View Article136 - The Lou Reed Archive with Laurie Anderson
Lou Reed—music icon, poet, photographer, Tai Chi master, vital force in the cultural life and underworld of New York City. Lou died in 2013 and left not a word of instruction about what he wanted done...
View Article136 - The Lou Reed Archive with Laurie Anderson
Lou Reed—music icon, poet, photographer, Tai Chi master, vital force in the cultural life and underworld of New York City. Lou died in 2013 and left not a word of instruction about what he wanted done...
View ArticleHelga Davis and Taylor Levine via National Sawdust (Archived Stream)
Helga Davis and Taylor Levine via National Sawdust (Archived Stream) Available on Aug. 24 via National Sawdust Performance ChannelIn 2015, just before the Brooklyn contemporary music venue National...
View ArticleLou Reed’s Berlin, Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse (Archived Stream)
Lou Reed’s Berlin, live at St. Ann’s Warehouse, 2007 (Archived Stream)Free. Nov. 20, 7:30pm EST–Nov. 29 11:59pm ESTIn December of 2006, the late songwriter Lou Reed and a stellar cast of musicians and...
View ArticleA History of "The Velvet Underground"
Filmmaker Todd Haynes tells the story of "The Velvet Underground" and the artistic milieu of 1960s New York. He draws upon new interviews with living band members and eyewitnesses along with a treasure...
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