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The Story of the Electric Guitar - Part 3
Season 1 Episode 311
In assessing popular music in the last half of the 20th century, rock music was a massive cultural phenomenon…initially driven by young baby boomers,…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Story of the Electric Guitar - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 310
For centuries, music was nice and clean…while different instruments gave notes different timbres, the frequencies of those notes was expected to be c…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Story of the Electric Guitar - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 309
There are few instruments more powerful than the electric guitar…when the first primitive models appeared in the 1920s, no one gave them much thought…
4 years, 5 months ago
Rock'n'Roll Tattoos
Season 1 Episode 308
The human body is a remarkably good piece of construction…it has its quirks and shortcomings, but for the most part is a pretty cool thing: functiona…
4 years, 5 months ago
14 Important Canadian Punk Bands
Season 1 Episode 307
We’ve all heard the stories about where punk came from…the New York Dolls and a few other bands start playing in a crappy area of New York that attra…
4 years, 5 months ago
More Musical Offspring
Season 1 Episode 306
Whether we want to admit it or not, each of us is product of our parents…we are like mom and/or dad…and that may manifest itself in different ways…
M…
4 years, 5 months ago
What's The Big Deal About Elvis Costello
Season 1 Episode 305
With the way the music industry operates, this guys career should have been dead and buried long ago. I mean no offense…but look at this dude.
Even w…
4 years, 6 months ago
What's The Big Deal About The Smiths
Season 1 Episode 304
Although they were around really for just 4 years, The Smiths succeeded in becoming the most influential British indie band of the 1980's. They haste…
4 years, 6 months ago
Joe Strummer: A Remembrance
Season 1 Episode 303
Back in the day, they called The Clash "the only band that mattered" and few voices are more important or influential in the history of rock than tha…
4 years, 6 months ago
60 Mind-Blowing Things About Music: 2021 Edition
Season 1 Episode 302
Is it really almost the end of 2021?...if I’m honest, it’s all been a blur, almost like 2020, with covid on my mind 24/7…it’s just reality…
You know …
4 years, 6 months ago