What do you love about music?

To begin with,

everything. Everything. Putting on a great show is the most important thing you can do. One great rock show can change the world.

Bands like... show can change the world.

Bands like Mumford and Sons and The Loomineers have brought the Folk Rock revival to the charts. But for Folk Rock the way it ought to be done, see Richard Thompson. I'm Jim De Regattis.

And I'm Greg Kot. Guitar innovator and rock survivor Richard Thompson talks five decades of

music. Plus, Jack White showcases his own guitar skills on a new solo effort.

That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

This is Sound Opinions and we're going to review Jack White's second solo album,

Lazzaretto, later in the show.

Greg, this is a guy who's been known to make a record in a couple of hours,

but this one has been percolating for 19 years.

Yeah, we're going to find out why later on Jim but first

we've got some music news. I've got a golden ticket. I've got a golden twinket

I've got a golden twinkle in my eye.

I never had a chance to shine, never a

a happy song to sing but suddenly half the world is mine what an amazing thing

Greg it's an inescapable fact that if you buy a concert ticket in America or

several over the course of the year you're probably dealing with ticket master

and you're probably grumbling about that giant corporation wondering how the

thirty five dollar ticket you bought managed to become

5250 with added convenience service fees order processing fees you

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