From Books to Beats: The Oprah Bump

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Jay-Z are the latest pop stars to get the Oprah treatment. Today: how celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and new American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres are becoming tastemakers in the music world. And later: the racy new novel from songwriter Nick Cave might not make Oprah's book club. But it might make you laugh out loud. The lead Bad Seed joins us to talk about the tragicomedy The Death of Bunny Munro.

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