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Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison
Episode 53
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Kit Mackintosh discuss the rise and fall of Jamaica's top 21st century music star.
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3 years, 6 months ago
The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk
Episode 52
An interview with Victor Bockris, the co-author of "Uptight: The Story of the Velvet Underground." Host Nate Wilcox asks Victor to detail the ups and…
3 years, 6 months ago
DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston
Episode 51
An interview with Lance Scott Walker, author of "DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution." Host Nate Wilcox asks Lance about the rise and fall of DJ Scre…
3 years, 6 months ago
Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World
Episode 50
Host Nate Wilcox asks Jeff Kaufman, the director of "The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America," about the great swing drummer Chic…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe
Episode 49
An interview with Joe Yanosik, author of "A Consumer Guide to The Plastic People of the Universe."
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3 years, 6 months ago
Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors
Episode 48
Host Nate Wilcox asks John about the ups and downs and self-imposed limitations that kept Arthur Lee and Love strictly a Southern California phenomen…
3 years, 6 months ago
American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld
Episode 47
Host Nate Wilcox asks Dale about the musical ferment bubbling under the New York demimonde in the 1800s.
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3 years, 7 months ago
BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta
Episode 46
An interview with Daniel de Visé, author of "King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King."
Host Nate Wilcox asks Daniel about B.B. King's begin…
3 years, 7 months ago
My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth
Episode 45
An interview with Emily Bingham, the author of "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song."
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3 years, 7 months ago
Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More
Episode 44
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss "Rhythm And The Blues: A Life in American Music" by Jerry Wexler and David Ritz.
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3 years, 7 months ago