Soundcheck's Picks of the Week

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Click here to read our full reviews -- and to download a free song from Benjy Ferree.

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor; Colin Currie, Percussion - Works by James MacMillan, Thomas Ades, Jennifer Higdon (LPO label) -- Picked by Brian Wise

Marco Benevento: Me Not Me -- Picked by John Schaefer

Benjy Ferree, “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee” (Domino) --picked by Joel Meyer

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