Let It Roll

Let It Roll

158 episodes

"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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Farewell episode

Published: Jan. 29, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 58 seconds

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Nine Inch Nails channeled the nightmare into music

Published: Jan. 25, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes

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Mamas and the Papa John Phillips' old evil spirit

Published: Jan. 22, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 11 seconds

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Gram Parsons lived a nightmare on purpose

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 21 seconds

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Nirvana's biographer looks back at Kurt Cobain and his band after 30 years

Published: Jan. 15, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 51 seconds

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Rock 'n' Roll's first and worst nightmare

Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 41 seconds

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Brian Jones came to a bad end after the Rolling Stones fired him

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Hardcore punk was a nightmare for 80s corporate America

Published: Jan. 4, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 16 seconds

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The awful enigma of Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 6 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 39 seconds

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Jim Morrison lived out the rock 'n' roll nightmare with The Doors

Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 42 seconds

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Why was Brian Jones so wrong for the Rolling Stones?

Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 seconds

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Little Willie John's dreams turned to nightmares

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Mick Jagger on Brian Jones and forming the Rolling Stones

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds

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The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 49 seconds

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In the end the Rolling Stones chewed up and spat out Andrew Loog Oldham

Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 6:16 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 22 seconds

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Grandmaster Flash brought turntablism to Hip-Hop

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 17 seconds

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Andrew Loog Oldham broke The Rolling Stones in the USA

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 seconds

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Phil Spector's rise and fall was a rock 'n' roll nightmare

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 32 seconds

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Andrew Loog Oldham made The Rolling Stones the band Britain loved to hate

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 6:11 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds

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Why Altamont went so wrong for the Rolling Stones and everyone else

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Marianne Faithfull got too close to the fire with the Rolling Stones

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 42 seconds

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The Rolling Stones' journey to Altamont

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 7 seconds

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Marianne Faithfull abandoned her pop career to be Mick Jagger's muse

Published: Nov. 2, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 41 seconds

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Brian Jones got everything he asked for when he formed the Rolling Stones

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds

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Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963

Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 5:36 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 5 seconds

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Jerry Lee Lewis bounced back at the Star Club

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds

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Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 48 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 9: Rick James was the last great Motown star

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 17 seconds

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Genre, instruments, the meta-history of 20th century music: Reader's Mailbag

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 15 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 8: Smokey Robinson fulfilled Berry Gordy's vision

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds

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The 90s Austin underground scene that produced Spoon, The Cherubs and many more

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 6:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 7: The epic tragedy of Marvin Gaye

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 4 seconds

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Eugene S. Robinson's journey from disco and no wave to hardcore and finally post-hardcore

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 32 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 6: Holland Dozier Holland perfected the Motown approach

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 1 second

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Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 5: The Funk Brothers rocked in the shadows of Motown

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 15 seconds

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Seance Roll 3: Questioning Ed Ward's History of Rock N Roll

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 4: The women of Motown

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 7 seconds

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Seance Roll 2: The agony of mid-20th century classical music

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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Let Motown Roll 3: The man who sold Motown's records

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 45 seconds

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Seance Roll 1: The Beatles messed with listeners' heads and ultimately paid the price

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 2: Berry Gordy's mastery at Motown

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds

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The Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk scene

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 47 seconds

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Let Motown Roll 1: Florence Ballard formed the Supremes and paid the ultimate price

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 53 seconds

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The KLF triggered the cosmic when they burned 1 million pounds

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 44 seconds

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The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience

Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 20 seconds

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Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter Era

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 46 seconds

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Latin Roll 3: The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 37 seconds

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Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 41 seconds

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Latin Roll 2: Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean

Published: July 31, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 44 seconds

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Mambo hit New York hard in the 1930s, 40s and 50s

Published: July 27, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 23 seconds

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Latin Roll 1: The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba

Published: July 24, 2023, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 seconds

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Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll

Published: July 20, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 35 seconds

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80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

Published: July 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 46 seconds

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Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, Spirituals and Louis Armstrong's Signifying on the Old Songs

Published: July 13, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 44 seconds

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80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"

Published: July 10, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds

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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio

Published: July 6, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 50 seconds

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80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with "Do They Know It's Christmas"

Published: July 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds

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Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more

Published: June 29, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 6 seconds

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80's Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

Published: June 26, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 47 seconds

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David Bowie 75 years after his birth

Published: June 22, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

Published: June 19, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 6 seconds

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The Complicated Legacy of Chuck Berry, the Inventor of Rock 'n' Roll

Published: June 15, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 3 seconds

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80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

Published: June 12, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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The Beatles vs James Bond: Two Very Different Visions of Britain

Published: June 8, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 seconds

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80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

Published: June 5, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 seconds

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Living Colour led the early 90's alt metal charge

Published: June 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 34 seconds

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: Juice WRLD flew high and fell fast

Published: May 25, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 13 seconds

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80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

Published: May 22, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 18 seconds

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: Lil Peep Couldn't Protect Himself

Published: May 18, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 41 seconds

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80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

Published: May 15, 2023, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 32 seconds

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: XXXTentacion Sowed the Wind and Reaped the Whirlwind

Published: May 11, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

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80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

Published: May 8, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 45 seconds

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Holy Roll 6: Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field

Published: May 4, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 5 seconds

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80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

Published: May 1, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 28 seconds

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HolyRoll 5: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel and Mainstream American Star

Published: April 27, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds

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80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

Published: April 24, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 50 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

Published: April 20, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 19 seconds

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80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

Published: April 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 56 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Making of Elvis Presley

Published: April 13, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 9 seconds

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80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

Published: April 10, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 33 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra, the Chicago Outfit and the President of the USA

Published: April 6, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds

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80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

Published: April 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 48 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra Made the Bobby Soxers Swoon and Made the GI's Boiling Mad

Published: March 30, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 42 seconds

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80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

Published: March 27, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 29 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: Bing Crosby's Incredible Influence Over America In the 1940s

Published: March 23, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 54 seconds

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Young Bing Crosby Reinvented Singing for the Microphone Age

Published: March 16, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 40 seconds

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80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

Published: March 13, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 49 seconds

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80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?

Published: March 6, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 1 second

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Surf Rock, Motown, Girl Groups and a Second Wave of Doo-Wop Were on the Rock 'n' Roll Vanguard in JFK's America

Published: March 2, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 32 seconds

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Alice Cooper Combined Proto-Punk and Vaudeville to Shock the World

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 seconds

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The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 15 seconds

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Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 43 seconds

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Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 19 seconds

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John Lennon's Political Activism Got Him Targeted By the U.S. Government

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 31 seconds

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Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes

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The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 36 seconds

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Doc Pomus Wrote Classic Songs for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Dion & the Belmonts and Many More

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 20 seconds

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David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the Byrds

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

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Buffalo Springfield Couldn't Contain Neil Young, Steve Stills and Richie Furay

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 5 seconds

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Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 34 seconds

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Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s

Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 35 seconds

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Trap Music Took Atlanta's Rap Scene Global but Never Escaped Reality

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 48 seconds

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Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955

Published: Jan. 2, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds

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Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 56 seconds

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Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince Topped a Banner Year for Pop in 1984

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 46 seconds

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Genres: Pop vs Rock vs R&B vs Hip-Hop vs Dance vs Country vs Punk

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds

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Paul Simon's Brill Building Years Laid the Ground for Folk-Rock Success

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 seconds

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George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His 90's Rebellion Against His Record Label

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 seconds

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Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds

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Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 45 seconds

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The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 22 seconds

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The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and Ruled the 1980's

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds

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Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 15 seconds

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Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 30 seconds

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The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 18 seconds

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Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 10 seconds

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American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds

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BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 1 second

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My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds

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Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

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The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way

Published: Oct. 24, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 53 seconds

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Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 26 seconds

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J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 14 seconds

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Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 38 seconds

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New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 30 seconds

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Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 51 seconds

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Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 29 seconds

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The Wu Tang Clan's Brilliant Business Plan Was Great While It Lasted

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds

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Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 56 seconds

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Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 19 seconds

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 10 seconds

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The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning At Altamont

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 7 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, noon
Duration: 59 minutes 52 seconds

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415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 11 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 42 seconds

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HolyRoll 4: Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That' to 'Precious Lord'

Published: Aug. 29, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 27 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 28 seconds

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HolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 41 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, noon
Duration: 58 minutes 49 seconds

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Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn't

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 28 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds

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What Have We Learned? The Birth & Death of the Cool

Published: Aug. 8, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 18 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 49 seconds

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Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down

Published: Aug. 1, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 34 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life

Published: July 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 45 seconds

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Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock

Published: July 25, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 17 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

Published: July 21, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 7 seconds

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Smokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown

Published: July 18, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 27 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96

Published: July 14, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record

Published: July 11, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 25 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin

Published: July 7, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 17 seconds

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Danger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry

Published: July 4, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 29 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter

Published: June 30, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 46 seconds

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John Entwistle's Bass Anchored The Who and His Rockstar Lifestyle Dragged Him Down

Published: June 27, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 34 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993

Published: June 23, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 1 second

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Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

Published: June 20, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 22 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s

Published: June 16, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 6 seconds

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Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia

Published: June 13, 2022, noon
Duration: 59 minutes 12 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992

Published: June 9, 2022, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 33 seconds

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From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis

Published: June 6, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 31 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts

Published: June 2, 2022, noon
Duration: 59 minutes 50 seconds

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The Secrets Behind Elvis Presley's Relationship with Col. Tom Parker

Published: May 30, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 12 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s

Published: May 26, 2022, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 15 seconds

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HolyRoll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music

Published: May 23, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s

Published: May 19, 2022, noon
Duration: 58 minutes 18 seconds

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HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual

Published: May 16, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop

Published: May 2, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds

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TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music

Published: April 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"

Published: April 25, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 17 seconds

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Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

Published: April 21, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 57 seconds

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Guns N Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s

Published: April 18, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 16 seconds

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Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

Published: April 14, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 49 seconds

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Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?

Published: April 11, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 33 seconds

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Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Published: April 7, 2022, 5:39 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 48 seconds

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Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing

Published: April 4, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds

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Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

Published: March 31, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 seconds

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Etta James' Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later Led Chess Records' Soul Music Charge

Published: March 28, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 seconds

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Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock

Published: March 24, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 4 seconds

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Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash

Published: March 21, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 17 seconds

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Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera

Published: March 17, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 6 seconds

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Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and many more

Published: March 14, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 15 seconds

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The A Team Created The Nashville Sound Behind Stars Like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan

Published: March 7, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 47 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of the USA

Published: March 3, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 16 seconds

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The Dixie Cups Were the Girl Group That Brought New Orleans R&B to the Brill Building

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 33 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 13 seconds

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The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 45 seconds

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The Let It Roll Mission Statement - The Insanely Ambitious Music History Podcast

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 5 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 12 seconds

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Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez and Flaco Jimenez

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 18 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 6:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 53 seconds

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 3 seconds

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The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 33 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 18 seconds

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The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 55 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 16 seconds

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The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 54 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 53 seconds

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ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 39 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differientiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 18 seconds

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The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 23 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 3 seconds

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Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person"

Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 90s

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 seconds

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Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s

Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 36 seconds

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How Jazz and Rock and Roll Came to Be Seen As Completely Separate Genres

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 8 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop & Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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Rock's Back Pages Makes Historic Rock Writing Available

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 41 seconds

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The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 42 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 6 seconds

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Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno

Published: Nov. 25, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds

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Bert Berns' Songs Were Immortalized by The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison and More

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog and Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 31 seconds

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Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton and Triggered a Backlash

Published: Nov. 4, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He Didn't

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 37 seconds

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Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 8 seconds

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The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy Sinatra and Kim Fowley exploded out of early 60's Hollywood

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 18 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 seconds

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Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 51 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 34 seconds

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Solving the Mysteries Behind Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 50 seconds

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TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds

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Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 3 seconds

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How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 32 seconds

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CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds

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Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 33 seconds

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CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 13 seconds

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Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds

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CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 1 second

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Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds

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Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 seconds

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Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 1 second

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After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 37 seconds

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2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 26 seconds

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Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers & the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 36 seconds

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The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie' and The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' were built on Cuban Mambo & Cha-cha-cha

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 30 seconds

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Technoroll 22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

Published: July 29, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 38 seconds

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The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist

Published: July 26, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 17 seconds

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Technoroll 21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

Published: July 22, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds

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Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood Nearly Perfected Hard Rock Before Led Zeppelin Even Formed

Published: July 19, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 27 seconds

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Technoroll 20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

Published: July 15, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 39 seconds

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From The Supremes to The Four Tops, Holland-Dozier-Holland Made Motown's Biggest Hits

Published: July 12, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 4 seconds

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Technoroll 19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

Published: July 8, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 14 seconds

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Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's

Published: July 5, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 30 seconds

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Technoroll 18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience

Published: July 1, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 24 seconds

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The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno's Ambient Music

Published: June 28, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 49 seconds

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Technoroll 17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage

Published: June 24, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 22 seconds

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Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who

Published: June 21, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 12 seconds

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Technoroll 16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations

Published: June 17, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 13 seconds

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Ray Charles Combined R&B with Gospel to Invent Soul Music

Published: June 14, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

Published: June 10, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 28 seconds

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Rhythm and Blues Exploded Out of 1940s Los Angeles Led by Nat "King" Cole & Big Jay McNeely

Published: June 7, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 32 seconds

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Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

Published: June 3, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 46 seconds

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Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Took Trangression to a Mass Audience

Published: May 31, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 13 seconds

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Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

Published: May 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 57 seconds

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From Surf Rock to Folk Rock to Freak Out, the Studio Scene in 1960s Los Angeles Captured the Moment

Published: May 24, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 2 seconds

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Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago

Published: May 20, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 11 seconds

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Why Discuss Music History? What's the Point of Let It Roll?

Published: May 17, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 40 seconds

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Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage

Published: May 13, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 49 seconds

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Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording Studio

Published: May 6, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 22 seconds

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Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-Hop

Published: April 29, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds

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Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage

Published: April 22, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds

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How The Memphis That Spawned Elvis & Stax Also Birthed The Box Tops & Big Star

Published: April 19, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 seconds

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Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's

Published: April 15, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds

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How Jerry Lee Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, & Col. Tom Parker Helped Peter Guralnick Get Lost

Published: April 12, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 seconds

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Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's

Published: April 8, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 52 seconds

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Young Frank Sinatra Polarized Wartime America

Published: April 5, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 23 seconds

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Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

Published: April 1, 2021, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 8 seconds

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Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses

Published: March 29, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 44 seconds

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Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub

Published: March 25, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 37 seconds

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Motown's Power Came From the Funk Brothers

Published: March 22, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 36 seconds

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Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

Published: March 18, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 56 seconds

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The Bee Gees Rose, Fell, Rose Again, Fell Again Then Helped Invent Modern Pop

Published: March 14, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 7 seconds

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Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

Published: March 11, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 21 seconds

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Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality

Published: March 8, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 51 seconds

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Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

Published: March 4, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds

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Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 12 seconds

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How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 16 seconds

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Chess Records Brought Chicago Blues, Rock & Roll and Soul to the World

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 53 seconds

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Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds

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Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 2 seconds

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Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 19 seconds

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Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds

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The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 26 seconds

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Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds

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Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 37 seconds

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The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 51 seconds

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Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds

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Yo La Tengo Surfed The Indie Rock Wave

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 4 seconds

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Bing Crosby Ruled The 1940s

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 33 seconds

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The Beatles' Story Changes With The Teller

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 58 seconds

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Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds

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Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie & The Juice Crew Perfected Hip-Hop In The 1980s

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 14 seconds

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Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 14 seconds

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Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 3:11 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: June 29, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: June 22, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: May 25, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: May 18, 2020, 5 p.m.
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What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?

Published: May 11, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: April 13, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: April 6, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: March 23, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: March 16, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: March 9, 2020, 5 p.m.
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Published: March 2, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 8:20 p.m.
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Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Jan. 2, 2020, 6 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 26, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 9, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 6 p.m.
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The Tragic Legend of Little Willie John

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 6 p.m.
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Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 19, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 5:03 p.m.
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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 5:04 p.m.
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Published: July 29, 2019, 6:11 p.m.
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Published: July 26, 2019, 4:03 a.m.
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Published: July 22, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
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Published: July 18, 2019, 5:03 p.m.
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Published: July 15, 2019, 5:51 p.m.
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Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Published: July 11, 2019, 5:06 p.m.
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The Beatles Can't Escape The Beatles

Published: July 8, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
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Published: July 8, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
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George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Published: July 4, 2019, 4:32 p.m.
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Published: July 1, 2019, 5:14 p.m.
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Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Published: June 27, 2019, 5:04 p.m.
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Dewey Phillips, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding and Memphis music

Published: June 24, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Published: June 20, 2019, 5 p.m.
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CSNY Tried to Have It All

Published: June 17, 2019, 10:32 p.m.
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Berry Gordy and the Making of Motown

Published: June 3, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth

Published: May 27, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song

Published: May 20, 2019, 5 p.m.
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The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Black List

Published: May 13, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
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Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era

Published: May 6, 2019, 4:58 p.m.
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Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

Published: April 29, 2019, 5 p.m.
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The Entrepreneurs of Early Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill & Def Jam

Published: April 22, 2019, 6:55 p.m.
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Otis Redding: Supernova

Published: April 15, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
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The Rise of Otis Redding

Published: April 8, 2019, 5 p.m.
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Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s

Published: April 1, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
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Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

Published: March 25, 2019, 5:12 p.m.
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Jerry Lee Lewis Starts His Come Back at the Star Club

Published: March 18, 2019, 5:02 p.m.
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Muddy Waters: The Life and Times

Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 5:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 33 seconds

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How 19th Century American Music Got Hot

Published: Jan. 7, 2019, 7:50 p.m.
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The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson and Bert Williams

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, 11:53 p.m.
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Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 5:58 p.m.
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The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 6:05 p.m.
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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds

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Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 5:59 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 22 seconds

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Legends Of Memphis Music From Charlie Feathers To Jeff Buckley

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 6 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 38 seconds

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Willie Nelson Superstar

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 6:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 38 seconds

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Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 5:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 33 seconds

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Willie Nelson's Honky Tonk Wilderness Years

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 5:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 seconds

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Chasing the Blues Legends John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, & Hubert Sumlin

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 5:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 second

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The Moby Grape Story Part 2

Published: July 30, 2018, 3:25 p.m.
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The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground

Published: July 23, 2018, 2:44 p.m.
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Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: July 16, 2018, 3:18 p.m.
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The Moby Grape Story Part 1

Published: July 9, 2018, 1:45 p.m.
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Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: June 29, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds

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Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: June 22, 2018, 8:25 p.m.
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The Fall of Michael Bloomfield

Published: June 18, 2018, 2:15 p.m.
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The Rise of Michael Bloomfield

Published: June 11, 2018, 1:36 p.m.
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David Bowie: Starman

Published: June 4, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
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Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

Published: May 29, 2018, 6:53 p.m.
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Brian Jones The Making of the Rolling Stones

Published: May 21, 2018, 5:23 p.m.
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Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: May 16, 2018, 7:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 42 seconds

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1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Dec. 26, 2017, 4:39 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 17 seconds

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1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Dec. 9, 2017, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 13 seconds

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1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Dec. 2, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 37 seconds

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1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Nov. 26, 2017, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 7 seconds

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1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Nov. 19, 2017, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 33 seconds

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1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Nov. 12, 2017, 10:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 34 seconds

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1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Nov. 5, 2017, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 59 seconds

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1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Oct. 28, 2017, 8:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 12 seconds

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1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds

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The Early 1950s and Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Oct. 14, 2017, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 24 seconds

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1945-1950 The Post-War Years Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Published: Oct. 3, 2017, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes

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