Why Tweens Drive the Music Industry

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The soundtrack for the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana" is topping the Billboard charts this week. Earlier this year, the soundtrack to "High School Musical" sold almost 3 million copies. Are 13-year-old girls the music industry's power consumers? Also: The band Edison Woods has been described as a beautiful cross between the sounds of Elysian Fields and sentiments of David Lynch. They play live in the studio. And finally, keyboardist and composer Idan Raichel has gone multi-platinum in Israel with music that mixes Ethiopian folk with the Israeli melting pot. He stops by while on his American tour.

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