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How 19th Century American Music Got Hot: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.3

American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.2

My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.1

Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.11

Scott, Pepys, Dickens - The Literary Roots of The Ballads: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.10

Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9

In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8

The Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 7

Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 6

The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 5

The Ancient Repertoire the Folk Genre Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 4

The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3

Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 2

The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1

Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview

Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

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

80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

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

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

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

Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

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

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

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

Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back

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

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

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

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

Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age

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

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

CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakam Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s

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

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

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

Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

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

Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry and Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

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

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?

The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll

The Beatles Invade & The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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

Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo Matos

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

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

TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld & Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester & Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California

TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer

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

TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum

TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of America

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, and Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990s

TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott & DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.1: Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

Technoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

Technoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

Technoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

Technoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

Technoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience

Technoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage

Technoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations

Technoroll 1.15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

Technoroll 1.14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

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

Led Zeppelin flew their folk flag high

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

Fairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK folk-rock movement

Recast Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a key time

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

Bob Dylan Made the US Folk Boom and Then Bust

Technoroll 1 Recast: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk Boom

Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival

The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition

The President's Daughter Recorded A Child Ballad

Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad Tradition

Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built On

Brian Jones' Bitter End

The Cops Killed Brian Jones, Not Mick & Keith

Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg dazzled the pop world in 1966

Brian Jones had no songwriting partner in The Rolling Stones

New Brian Jones documentary reveals some truths, obscures others Part 1

Brian Jones was Anita Pallenberg's entre into the Rolling Stones orbit

We're Back: Bill Wyman was The Quiet Rolling Stone

Farewell episode

Nine Inch Nails channeled the nightmare into music

Mamas and the Papa John Phillips' old evil spirit

Gram Parsons lived a nightmare on purpose

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

Rock 'n' Roll's first and worst nightmare

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

Hardcore punk was a nightmare for 80s corporate America

The awful enigma of Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones

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

Why was Brian Jones so wrong for the Rolling Stones?

Little Willie John's dreams turned to nightmares

Mick Jagger on Brian Jones and forming the Rolling Stones

The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics

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

Grandmaster Flash brought turntablism to Hip-Hop

Andrew Loog Oldham broke The Rolling Stones in the USA

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

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

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

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

The Rolling Stones' journey to Altamont

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

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

Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963

Jerry Lee Lewis bounced back at the Star Club

Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music

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

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

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

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

Let Motown Roll 7: The epic tragedy of Marvin Gaye

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

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

Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way

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

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

Let Motown Roll 4: The women of Motown

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

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

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

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

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

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

The KLF triggered the cosmic when they burned £1 million pounds

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

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

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

Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David Bowie 75 years after his birth

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

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

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

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

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

Living Colour led the early 90's alt metal charge

80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

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

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

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

80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

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

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

Holy Roll 6: Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field

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

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

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

3 Kings of American Pop: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

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

3 Kings of American Pop: The Making of Elvis Presley

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

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

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

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

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

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

80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

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

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

The Great Brill Building Songwriting Teams: Lieber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Pomus & Shuman, Bacharach & David, Sedaka & Greenfield, Mann & Weill and Barry & Greenwich

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

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

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

The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman

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

Sun Records Presided Over the Dawn of Rockabilly With Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis

Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top

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

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

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

The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top

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

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

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

Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth

Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B

Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s

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

Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955

Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success

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

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

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

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

Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story

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

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

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

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

Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World

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

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

American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld

BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta

My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth

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

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

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

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

Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

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

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

The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin

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

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

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

Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell

Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

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

TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos

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

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

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

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

HolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition

TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock

TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

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

TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual

TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California

From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary' Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock

TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer

Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing

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

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum

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

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

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

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

The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique

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

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

Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 90s

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

TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba and Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

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

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

Rock's Back Pages Makes Historic Rock Writing Available

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

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

Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk

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

The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Buddy Bolden & Jellyroll Morton and Others Combined Brass Bands with Ragtime and Blues

TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore

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

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

Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

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

CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakum Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

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

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

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

Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry & Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

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

Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Young Frank Sinatra Polarized Wartime America

Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses

Motown's Power Came From the Funk Brothers

Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

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

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

Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality

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

New Edition & New Kids On The Block Perfected It, *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys Capitalized On It: The Boy Band Formula

Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird

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

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

Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yo La Tengo Surfed The Indie Rock Wave

Bing Crosby Ruled The 1940s

The Beatles' Story Changes With The Teller

Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville

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

Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall

Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge

Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb And The Greatness Of Wichita Lineman

London Nurtured Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Blues Rock And Folk Rock

Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner: How Kansas City Vice Birthed Kansas City Jazz

Lieber & Stoller Wrote Songs, Produced Records And Helped Create Rock & Roll

AC/DC Perfected Hard Rock While Flirting With Punk

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?

The Beatles As The End Of Rock & Roll: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Alternative History Of American Popular Music

Robert Johnson Revised: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Escaping The Delta?

The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

The Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?

How The Beatles Got Signed

The Subversive Side of Classical Music

The Women Who Built Berry Gordy's Motown Empire

Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America

How Elvis Presley Rose To The Top

The Jim Morrison Biography That Kicked Off The Doors Revival

Irving Berlin Defined American Music

Politics Boxed Merle Haggard Out Of Crossover Superstardom

Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom

The Devil, Daniel Johnston and Documentary Film

Buck Owens Conquered the Country Music Business

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview

Pop Music's Past Is Crowding Out Its Present

Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable

Grunge Exploded Out of Seattle and Fell Back to Earth

Emperor Moguls of Rap: Dr Dre, Diddy and Jay-Z

America Awaited the Beatles

Electronic Music From the Avant Garde to Top of the Pops

The Tragic Legend of Little Willie John

The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector

Rod Stewart & the Faces: A Complicated Alliance

The Songs Jazz is Built On

The Rolling Stones Road to Altamont

The Indie Underground of the 80's from Black Flag to Beat Happening

The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon

Robert Christgau on the Role of the Rock Critic

Screamin Jay Hawkins Put a Spell On the Music Biz

House of the Rising Sun Before Bob Dylan And After The Animals

Writing the Life Stories of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin

Barney Ales Helped Berry Gordy Build the Motown Empire

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

Which One's Pink (Floyd)?

Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Time Warner Can't Handle The Ice-T Cop Killer Backlash

Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

James Brown Hits The One

Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

John, Paul, George & Ringo Couldn't Escape The Beatles

George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

The Grateful Dead Builds Psychedelic America

Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

Dewey Phillips, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding and Memphis music

Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

CSNY Tried to Have It All

Berry Gordy and the Making of Motown

Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth

Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song

The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Black List

Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era

Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

The Entrepreneurs of Early Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill & Def Jam

Otis Redding: Supernova

The Rise of Otis Redding

Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s

Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

Jerry Lee Lewis Starts His Come Back at the Star Club

Muddy Waters: The Life and Times

How 19th Century American Music Got Hot

The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson and Bert Williams

Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone

The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll

Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta

Legends Of Memphis Music From Charlie Feathers To Jeff Buckley

Willie Nelson Superstar

Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough

Willie Nelson's Honky Tonk Wilderness Years

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

The Moby Grape Story Part 2

The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground

Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

The Moby Grape Story Part 1

Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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

The Fall of Michael Bloomfield

The Rise of Michael Bloomfield

David Bowie: Starman

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

Brian Jones The Making of the Rolling Stones

Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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