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Let It Roll — 610 episodes
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
EProgressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
EPower Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
EShock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
EKorn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up
EGrunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV
EMetallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
EVan Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
EIron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
ELed Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
EBlue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges & MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
EHeavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
ELil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EHow The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers
EHouston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop
EBounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore
EOutkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta
EEminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures
EAfter The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'
E2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EWu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back
ETribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EToo $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EThe 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EIce-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
ERun-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age
EThe Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EHip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
ECountryRoll 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
ETechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Goes Mainstream
ETechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimized EDM for the US Music Biz
ETechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006
ETechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
ETechnoRoll 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
ETechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld & Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
ETechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
ETechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
ETechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital & Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
ETechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested & Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
ETechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992
ETechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
ETechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
ETechnoRoll 3.4: Rave & Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
ETechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester & Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California
ETechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
ETechnoRoll 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
EGram 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?
ELittle 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
EGrandmaster Flash brought turntablism to Hip-Hop
Andrew Loog Oldham broke The Rolling Stones in the USA
EPhil Spector's rise and fall was a rock 'n' roll nightmare
Andrew Loog Oldham made The Rolling Stones the band Britain loved to hate
EWhy Altamont went so wrong for the Rolling Stones and everyone else
Marianne Faithfull got too close to the fire with the Rolling Stones
EThe Rolling Stones' journey to Altamont
Marianne Faithfull abandoned her pop career to be Mick Jagger's muse
EBrian Jones got everything he asked for when he formed the Rolling Stones
Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963
EJerry 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
ELet Motown Roll 6: Holland Dozier Holland perfected the Motown approach
Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way
ELet 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
EBeginning 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
EJohn 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
EThrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth
EThe 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
EPop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955
Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success
EMichael 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
EThe 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
ESwing 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
EBB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta
My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth
EAtlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More
The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way
EMetal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal
EJ Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common
Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
ENew Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money
EPower Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
EThe Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin
EShock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
EThe 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
ERecord Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV
EThe Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning At Altamont
ETechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos
E415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market
TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream
EHolyRoll 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
EHolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition
TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006
ESly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn't
ETechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
EWhat 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
ETechnoRoll 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
ESmokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown
TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
ERalph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record
TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
EDanger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry
ETechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
EJohn 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
EProtobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music
ETechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
EFuture, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia
ETechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992
EFrom 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
EThe 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
EHolyRoll 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
EHolyRoll 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
EFrom 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
ECream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop
TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
EDonna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
EGuns 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
EWhy 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
EMilton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
EEtta 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
ERod 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
ENicky 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
EThe 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
EGrunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene
ETechnoRoll 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
ETechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s
EThe Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash
ETechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success
EThe New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon
TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave
EZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock
ETechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differientiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep
EThe MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last
ETechnoRoll 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"
ETechnoRoll 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
ERock'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
ECountryRoll 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
ECountryRoll 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
ECountryRoll 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
ECountryRoll 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
ECountryroll 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
ECountryroll 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'
ECountryroll 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
ECountryroll 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
EMotown'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
ETribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EToo $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EThe 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EIce-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
ERun-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EThe Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EHip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
EYo 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