Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
Box 870370
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
205-348-6644

© 2025 Alabama Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Show your support of APR during our End of Year Pledge Drive (Dec 9-11). Click here to make a donation!

TechnoPop: The Secret History, V

NPR's Rick Karr continues his six-part Morning Edition series on the influence of technology on popular music. This Friday, learn about the pioneers of a very unusual music instrument -- the recording studio. Multitrack studios allow artists to accompany themselves, creating a true "one-man band." But does technology really make the music sound better?

Copyright 2002 NPR

Rick Karr contributes reports on the arts to NPR News. He is a correspondent for the weekly PBS public affairs show Bill Moyers Journal and teaches radio journalism at Columbia University.
News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.