With Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot
Tuesdays, Noon to 1 p.m. / Sundays, 7 to 8 p.m.
A special message from Jim and Greg:
Jim DeRogatis
Greg Kot
Take two nationally respected rock critics, the latest music news, personal commentary, and exclusive interviews and performances, add a huge pile of records old and new, and the result is Sound Opinions, the world’s only rock and roll talk show.
Every week, Sound Opinions fires up smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from cutting-edge underground rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, electronica, worldbeat, or just about any other genre you can name.
- About Jim DeRogatis
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the year the Beatles arrived in America, Jim DeRogatis is the pop music critic at The Chicago Sun-Times and the author of several books about rock ‘n’ roll: Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America’s Greatest Rock Critic, Milk It! Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the ’90s, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock and Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma’s Fabulous Flaming Lips.
- About Greg Kot
Greg Kot has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune since 1990. He has written for Encyclopaedia Britannica as well as Rolling Stone, Details, Blender, Entertainment Weekly, Men’s Journal, Guitar World, Vibe and Request. Kot’s biography of Wilco, Learning How to Die, was published in 2004. His Tribune-hosted blog, Turn it Up, debuted in 2007. A longtime basketball junkie, he coauthored Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Basketball in 2008. His next music book, Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music, will be out in 2009.
