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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...Season 2.1

Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.12

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: 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: What Have We Learned: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 2

Music as a Magical, Subversive Force: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.1

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

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 to 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 and 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

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 & Roll

The Beatles Invade And 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 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 & 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 Joins the Mainstream

TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed 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 and the NOLA Rave Scene

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

TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and 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 and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993

TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and 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 and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s

TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and 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 and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene

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

TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and 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: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves

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

TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and 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 Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage

TechnoRoll 2.1: A 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 Changed 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 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

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

Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

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

Technoroll 1.3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

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

Technoroll 1.2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

Bob Dylan Made the US Folk Boom and Then Bust

Technoroll 1: 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

Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze

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 Reached A Bitter End