Critics Week: The Year in Pop

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
All this week, music critics are helping Soundcheck review the best and worst of 2007. Today: a look at the year in pop music with Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times. Plus, we unveil our annual online poll. And later: With a singer and a pianist for parents, Sasha Dobson grew up with jazz. Her own music draws on Brazilian and pop sounds. Dobson performs live in our studio.

Weigh in: Soundcheck's 2007 listener poll

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