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

THE BLIZZARD PARTY by Jack Livings, read by Rebecca Lowman: Mystery, mayhem, and sci-fi by Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

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E128: Robert Greenfield on the Rolling Stones + Jerry Jeff Walker: In this episode we welcome the great Robert Greenfield, beamed in from his home in Carmel, California, and ask him about his early '70s adventures with the Rolling Stones that inspired the seminal book S.T.P.. Robert recounts his journey from Fusion and Boston After Dark, via Rolling Stone's London bureau, to his stellar career as an author and biographer — including his celebrated books about Bill Graham, Jerry Garcia and Augustus "Owsley" Stanley III. He describes how he showed up at Keith Richards' Villa Nellcote in August 1971, during the recording of the now-50-year-old Exile On Main St.. After this we hear about the defining 1972 pieces he wrote for Rolling Stone about that album's final overdub/mixing stages in L.A., and about the start of the "Stones Touring Party" trek through North America. We also hear a 1997 audio clip of Keef looking back on Exile and its gradual rise to acclaim as the group's greatest albu by Rock's Backpages

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Eddie Shaw (The Monks) by Synthetic Dreams Podcast

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E114: Lenny Kaye on Patti Smith + Nuggets + Led Zep IV: In this episode, we welcome the great Lenny Kaye — all the way from NYC — and ask him to reminisce about his New Jersey youth; the revelation that was rock 'n' roll; his exposure in 1966 to Crawdaddy! and other pioneering music zines, and of course his first encounters with the inimitable Patti Smith. Along the way we hear about his landmark 1972 anthology Nuggets, and about his thrilling new book Lightning Striking. Clips from John Tobler's 1978 audio interview with Patti prompt Lenny to relive key moments from the '70s, including the pair's engagement with the British punk scene on their band's first London visit in May '76. To mark the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin IV, he also talks about his rave Rolling Stone review of that album, a piece he stands by to this day. His hosts also note the imminent release of the follow-up to Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' Americana classic Raising Sand. The RBP team pays its respects to Maur by Rock's Backpages

92 min listen

Episode 69: “Fujiyama Mama” by Wanda Jackson: Episode sixty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Fujiyama Mama by Wanda Jackson, and the first rock and roller to become big in Japan Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the by A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Hollywood Geek Rock Scene Of The 90s & 2000s [Episode 193]: Writer/musician S.W. Lauden is this episode's guest to talk about a limited-edition vinyl LP compilation and oral history book called Generation Blue. The album and book explore the Hollywood Geek Rock scene of the '90s and early 2000s, featuring key... by Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

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Episode 21: “Rock Island Line” by Lonnie Donegan: Welcome to episode twenty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today were looking at Rock Island Line by Lonnie Donegan. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Erratum I say i by A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno's Ambient Music: Host Nate Wilcox welcomes Joseph Lanza to discuss his classic and definitive book “Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong.” The conversation ranges from the rise of the form in the mid-20th Century to its peak in the industrial era and its decline as the century ended. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. by Let It Roll

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A look back at celebrated Indy jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery: Celebrated jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery was born 100 years ago in Indianapolis and spent much of his career here, recording and performing on Indiana Avenue, sometimes with his brothers and often with some of the greatest jazz, soul and even pop mus... by The IBJ Podcast

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Loretta Lynn - Coal Miners Daughter by Enjoy An Album with Liam Withnail & Christopher Macarthur-Boyd

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E121: Peter Guralnick on Blues + Southern Soul + Jerry Wexler: In this episode we invite the great Peter Guralnick — Zooming in from his native Massachusetts — to discuss his "adventures in music and writing"… to quote the subtitle of his wonderful 2020 collection Looking to Get Lost. Peter takes his hosts back to his discovery of Delta blues giants Skip James and Robert Johnson in the early '60s — and to the first pieces he wrote for Paul Williams' Crawdaddy! in 1966. He explains his approach to the masterful profiles he collected in Feel Like Going Home and Lost Highway, and the friendships with Charlie Rich and Bobby "Blue" Bland that resulted from them. Conversation leads from Howlin' Wolf to Solomon Burke and southern soul, and from there to the use of Val Wilmer's remarkable photos in Peter's books. Talk of Memphis and Muscle Shoals prompts Mark to introduce the first of three clips from Barney's 1985 audio interview with Atlantic Records legend Jerry Wexler. Peter reminisces abo by Rock's Backpages

92 min listen

Dickie Landry - Composer, Musician, Photographer, Artist: Dickie Landry - Composer, Musician, Photographer, Artist by The Creative Process in 10 minutes or less · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Sustainability, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Technology

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Episode 80 | "Billy Joel: Every Album, Every Song"/Lisa Torem: ‘In the beginning,’ Billy Joel entertained Long Island locals, with The Hassles and Attila, prior to forging a solo career in 1971. One year later, the singer-songwriter-pianist captivated college students when “Captain Jack” dominated the... by Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

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E75: Jonh Ingham's Grand Punk Railroad + John Peel audio + Lady Gaga: In this week's episode, we welcome the great Jonh Ingham into RBP's "virtual cupboard". In a fascinating conversation, he revisits the peripatetic childhood that took him to California in the '60s – and to San Francisco's Fillmore West, where in 1971 he reviewed a famous Aretha Franklin show for Creem magazine. Mark & Barney ask him about his return to the UK, where he wrote for NME and then Sounds, championing London's nascent punk scene in early '76 and conducting the first interview with the Sex Pistols. He also reminisces about running the Fake Club in L.A., working in advertising in Tokyo, and ending up as CompuServe's head of content back in the UK. After a brief digression on the subject of Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta – with Mark & Jasper almost coming to cultural blows – Jonh offers his thoughts on John Peel, subject of the week's knew audio interview. We hear clips of the beloved DJ talking to Martin Ast by Rock's Backpages

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BONUS: Search for the New Landmark: honoring Lee Morgan by The Late Set

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Episode 28: “Sincerely” by the Moonglows: Welcome to episode twenty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today were looking at The Moonglows and Sincerely. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Resources As alw by A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Dickie Landry - Composer, Musician, Photographer, Artist: ROBERT WILSON, Keith Sonnier, Philip Glass, Joan Jonas, Gordon Matt Clarke, Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg, Nancy Graves, Lawrence Weiner, Steve Reich, Jon Gibson, Robert Wilson. David Byrne, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, music, art, jazz, improvisation, Einstein on the Beach, photography by Art · The Creative Process: Artists, Curators, Museum Directors Talk Art, Life & Creativity

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2: Frank Sinatra in Outer Space: Welcome to the second episode of You Must Remember This, the podcast devoted to exploring the secret and or/forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. Today, we look back to 1979, when — while the music world was full of punk and... by You Must Remember This

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Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures: Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at “Pass the Mic” which features Mos Def & Black Star, Eminem and an in-depth look at cyphers and open mics and their role in 90’s undergroun hip-hop. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. by Let It Roll

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Kate Bush by Rock in Retrospect

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E14: KRS-One + Avril Lavigne + Alex Harvey with Michele Kirsch: Joined by very special guest Michele Kirsch, regular host Mark Pringle and irregular host Jasper Murison-Bowie start with classic Kirsch pieces on the Replacements, KRS-One and New York Dolls Syl Sylvain and Jerry Nolan. Michele then tells the story of how she was mistaken for an intern at New York’s Soho Weekly News, which started her on the path to NME and City Limits in '80s London. Talk then turns to her life after music journalism, including coming off prescription drugs and working as a cleaner — experiences that formed the basis of her forthcoming memoir, Clean. The week’s free feature Avril Lavigne sparks some discussion of Sk8er boys and the merits or otherwise of manufactured pop, while the sensational Alex Harvey tells tales of the early British rock’n’roll in a clip from a 1975 audio interview by Ira Robbins. Mark presents the highlights from the week’s library load, including John Mendelssohn's fabulous dismis by Rock's Backpages

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Ep. 130 - MARSHALL CRENSHAW ("Someday Someway"): The Golden Globe and Grammy nominee whose self-titled debut release was named one of the 100 Best Albums of the Eighties by Rolling Stone joins us to chat about his wide-ranging career, from self-penned hits as an artist such as “Someday Someway,” to co-writing the Top 10 hit "Til I Hear it from You" with the Gin Blossoms, to writing the theme for the parody film Walk Hard. American Songwriter Podcast Network: https://americansongwriter.com/podcasts by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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The Ron McClure Interview by The Jake Feinberg Show

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The Post-Punk Explosion Part 6: Ska by Ongoing History of New Music

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E69: Martin Colyer on Greil Marcus + Lucinda Williams + Rufus Wainwright: In this week's episode, your regular co-hosts are joined for the second time by RBP's original co-founder Martin Colyer, beamed in from Leyton, to offer his invaluable thoughts on Lucinda Williams and Greil Marcus' classic Mystery Train. Williams prompts near-rapturous approval for her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, with Mark and Barney similarly admiring its southern poetics and Americana-defining country soul. Conversation flows seamlessly into the impact of Marcus' 1975 game-changing book, newly reissued (with lavish illustrations) by the Folio Society. Discussion of the book's chapters on Elvis Presley and The Band takes the RBP team back to Marcus' profound influence on British fans of American music. Rounding out the episode's American theme, these four horsemen of the rock apocalypse hear clips from Maureen Paton's 2005 phone interview with the ever-amusing Rufus Wainwright, who covers all by Rock's Backpages

60 min listen

1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll: A discussion with Ed Ward about his book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963." This chapter focuses on 1955. by Let It Roll

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E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks: In this episode we are joined by self-professed "failed musician" and pasta-sauce mogul Loyd Grossman, OBE, to wax nostalgic about the most important years of his illustrious career: those he spent as a contributor to Fusion, Rolling Stone and other American music papers. Loyd reminisces very amusingly about seminal late '60s shows at the Boston tea party, before explaining how he moved to London and reinvented himself as a British national treasure on TV and in every kitchen in the country. He also recounts how he came to play guitar, three times a year, with Jethro Tull. After a digression on the sad passing of Fairport Convention's original singer Judy Dyble, Loyd joins his hosts in hearing clips from a 1982 audio interview with Queen's Brian May in which that poodle-headed plank-spanker describes, among other things , working with David Bowie on the classic 'Under Pressure'. Barney drags Loyd into a discussion of by Rock's Backpages

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Ep. 45 - WANDA JACKSON ("Mean, Mean Man"): Pioneering female artist and celebrated Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, landed more than 30 songs on the Billboard charts between 1954 and 1974. These include the self-penned singles "Right or Wrong" and "In the Middle of a Heartache," two Top 10 hits which proved to be Jackson’s most successful records as a solo artist. Beginning her career as a pure country singer, Wanda’s debut single was a duet with Billy Gray called “You Can’t Have My Love.” Released on Decca Records, the song hit #8 on the country chart in 1954. She later switched to the Capitol label where she was encouraged by then-boyfriend and tour mate Elvis Presley to embrace rockabilly. Facing a lack of female-oriented material in the genre, Wanda penned her own songs, including the rockabilly standards "Mean Mean Man," "Rock Your Baby," "Cool Love" and "Baby Loves Him," each of which was released as a single on Capitol Records and later appeared on her classic Rockin' with Wa by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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E102: Carol Cooper on New York Sounds + Stax Records + Eddy Grant audio: In this episode we welcome the distinguished New York writer Carol Cooper and ask her to talk us through her career, from her first pieces for the SoHo Weekly News, via the Village Voice and The Face to her present incarnation as an Adjunct Instructor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Dr. Cooper also talks about her early experiences of live music in NYC & New Jersey, plus the dawn of East Coast hip hop (and the vital importance of Bronx club Disco Fever); the problematic concept of "global music"; and the impact of Jungian psychology of her writing & teaching. Carol then pitches in on a discussion about Steve Cropper, Otis Redding & the racial politics of Stax Records, as well as reminiscing about her 1983 Musician interview with Eddy Grant as Mark talks us through a 1991 audio interview with the former Equal. There's a general discussion of the Guyana-born maverick's unique genre-blending career and DIY busines by Rock's Backpages

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Ep020: Bootleg Records Special Part 2: Mike the Mic, Stephen Coates & X-Ray Audio: Part 2 of 2: The tale of an extraordinary bootlegger "Mike the Mic" who captured many bands, including Led Zeppelin, live in concert and interview with Stephen Coates, author of a book that tells the tale of underground record sales in the Soviet Union du by The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

44 min listen

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