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#696 True Crime Songs, Opinions on Jenny Lewis & Sara Romweber

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There's a long tradition of blues and folk troubadours writing about subjects that are downright criminal. This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk about true crime, or at least allegedly true crimes, that have been immortalized in song. Plus, a review of the latest from singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis, and a remembrance of drummer Sara Romweber.

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0:00.0

He took the bomb. From W.EZ Chicago and PRX this is sound opinions. I'm Jim De Regadis and I'm

0:28.1

Greg Kott from drug deals to murder sprees this week we're talking about

0:32.2

music that documents true crime. Fight the nation with the nation.

0:45.0

The guns in nomination.

0:49.0

Plus we'll review the new album from Jenny Lewis

0:52.0

and we remember the influential drummer

0:54.4

Sarah Rom Weber. That's all coming up on sound opinions.

0:59.7

You're listening to sound opinions. I'm Greg Cott here with my partner Jim De Regattis and this week we're going to talk about allegedly true crimes set to music.

1:08.0

That's later in the show, but first we've got some new music to review. Even though we weren't just friends, I think of us as bookends and I'm gonna love you till I die.

1:25.0

And you think you're going to heaven

1:29.0

and that I'm going to help

1:54.2

and that I'm going to help and that I'm going to keep on dancing till I hear that bringing bell. That is a little bit of heads gonna roll the opening track on the new album by Jenny Lewis. The record's called On the Line.

1:57.1

Greg, I think we're almost at the point where Jenny Lewis doesn't really need much

2:00.4

introduction anymore.

2:02.3

We've been covering her on the show and in our

2:04.4

columns since 1998 when she emerged on the music scene with Blake Senate as

2:09.8

co-leader of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.

2:14.2

She made a big splash when she released her solo debut, Rabbit Furcoat in 2006.

2:20.6

As I recall, it was a favorite that year of both of us among the top records of the year

2:26.0

Jenny has released four albums total to date. They've all been impressive in different ways

2:32.1

Some interesting collaborators.

2:34.8

This newest, boy, holy cow, you can't tap better talent than, you know, several tracks

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