Road To Jamnation

This episode starts a four part series exploring the music trends and album releases of 1994.Discussed in this episode will be some of the popular soundtracks, the grunge and various other alternative sounds of the time, EDM, Rap, and the male lead singer portion of R&B music.

This episode concludes my coverage of the 2026 nominees for the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, and includes my final predictions.Reposting this as a new episode after having the original one removed due to content issues.

This is the first of a two part discussion on the 2026 nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall OF Fame, discussing 8 of the 17 nominees.

This episode completes my review of the music of 2025, revealing my ten favortie albums of the year.

This episode reveals the first half of my countdown of my Faovrite 20 albums of 2025, leading into episode 68 which will reveal my top 10 favorites.

This episode discusses some of the popular music trends of 2025, and reveals my Honorable Mention album for last year, leading in to the next two episodes which will feature my favorite albums of the year.

My longest listening project to date, ends with my longest episode to date. Here are my top 10 Favorite albums of 1967.

This episode begins the final countdown of my favorite 20 albums of 1967, with #20 through #11 revealed.

Reposting this after a copyright fight with the first version.This episode concludes the run up to my ultimate Top 20 countdown for 1967, with this episode looking at the R&B, Soul, Blues, and Rock Steady genres, as well as a look at a few interesting music releases from some non-english language countries.

This episode continues my dive into the music of 1967 with a look at the various flavors of Jazz music for the year, along with lounge music, traditional pop, and a discussion of some of the strange releases that were hard to fit into strict genre classification.

This episode continues my look at the music of 1967 with a review of albums released in the styles of eclectic Singer-Songwriters, Folk, Country, and Easy Listening.

This episode continues my dive into the music of 1967, covering the less psychedelic Rock music of the year in a variety of Rock and Roll subgenres.

This is the first episode of a deep dive in to the albums and music trends of 1967; with this episode looking at some of the big soundtrack albums of the year and then exploring the various flavors of psychedelia.

This episode concludes my two episode look at this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees, featuring discussions of the second 7 of the 14 nominees, recounting my own seven choices and the acts I think are most likely to actually gain induction this year.

In this episode I discuss the latest nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, covering 7 of the 14 nominees with a discussion of their merits and career highlights and what I personally think of each nominee and their chances of beinng voted in the Hall this year.

This episode concludes my review of the music of 2024 with a run down of my top 10 favorite albums of the year.

This episode reveals the first half of my 20 favorite albums of 2024, and my honorable mention #21 album of the year, with a diverse array of albums from goth to psychedelia, blues, punk, jazz, funk, and country music selections. Next episode will reveal my top 10.

This episode reviews the music trends of 2024; discussing the major hit mainstream releases and some of the music I enjoyed that did not make my top 20 list; leading in to the next two episodes where I reveal my Top 20 favorites of 2024.

This episode concludes my review of the music of 1980 and concludes Season 3 of the podcast.

This episode begins the countdown of my favorite albums of 1980, leading into Episode 53, which will reveal my Top 10 albums.

This episode continues my coverage of the music tgrends and albums of `1980, leading in to my next two episodes which will reveal my Top 20 Favorite albums of this year. This episode focuses primarily on the American made music of the year.

This episode begins a new deep dive project, highlighting the albums and music trends of 1980.

This episode completes my dive into the music of 1955, featuring a countdown of my ten favorite songs of the year, along with historical details about the artists and interesting facts about each song.

This episode contains the first half of my top 20 countdown of my favorite songs of 1955; with my #20 through #11 selections.

This begins a two part series discussing key songs and musical trends of 1955.

This episode completes the deep dive review of the music of 1972; unveiling my top 10 favorite albums of the year.

Continuing my review of the music of 1972 with the first half of my top 20 favorites. This episode featuring selections #20 - #11.

In this episode I complete my discussion of the music trends of 1972, and the notable albums that did not make the list of my top 20 favorites for the year. I continue my discussion of progressive rock in America and Europe, progressive folk, krautrock, power pop, blues rock, and a discussion of some eclectic acts that didn't fit well into any of the genre categories I'd already discussed.

This episode continues my look into the music trends and album releases of 1972 with looks at Funk, Soul, Hard Rock, Glam, and Prog music.

This episode starts a new multi-part series on the music trends and album releases of 1972.

This episode concludes my discussion of this year's nominees for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, and presents my predictions for this year's induction class.

In this episiode I start a two part analysis of the latest list of nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, discussiong 8 of the 15 nominees.

This episode concludes my ook at the albums of 2023 with my top 10, as well as discussion of some additional "honorable mention" alvbums that missed my list.

This episode begins my countdown of my favorite 20 albums of 2023 with numbers 20 through 11 and also a bit of discussion of some "honorable mention" albums that I considered for my list.

This episode starts a three episode discussion of the music of 2023, with this episode discussing the most popular music of the year and notable music stories and events from the year, leading in to my next two episodes where I will reveal my favorite albums of the year.

This episode completwes my dive into the albums and music trends of 1969, presenting my 10 favorite albums of the year.

In this episode I begin the countdown of my favortie 20 albums of 1969, with albums #20 through #11 revealed as well as commetary on one more popular album of the year that did not make the cut.

In this episdoe I complete my preliminary rundown of the music trends of 1969, leading in to the next two episodes where I will reveal my 20 favorite albums of the year.

This episode begins a new four part series on the albums and major music trends of 1969.

This episode explores the songs and music trends of 1917, a year which marked the first recorded Jazz song, setting off the first new music craze to be instigated by recorded music. The episode revolves around a Top 20 countdown, but in this case I simply dub these the twenty most historically interesting songs, rather than my "favorites" for the year.

This episode concludes my deep dive review of the music of 1987 featuring my top 10 favorite albums, plus one more honorable mention album for the year.

In this episode I finally begin to reveal my top 20 favorite albums of 1987, with #20 through #11, as well as one "honorable mention" album that didn't make the top 20 cut.

My final run-up episode to my top 20 list for the year covering the R&B, Funk, Rap, World Music, and Soundtrack albums of the year.

In this episode, I continue my deep dive into the albums of 1987 with discussion of Prog, Jambands, Commercial Rock, and Jazz album from the year.

In this episode I cover additional pop music of 1987 and explore the Alternative Rock releases for the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 26, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards. Original Air Date: June 4, 2023; Re-edit:11/02/2023 In this episode, I explore the 1987 album releases in punk rock, Noise Rock, and Industrial music, as well as various Dance music styles of the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 25, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards. Original Air Date: 05/21/2023; Re-edit:11/12/2023 In this episode, I begin a deep dive into the albums and music trends of 1987 with a look at albums in the genres of Heartland Rock, Singer-Songwriters, Country, and various styles of Hard Rock and Metal.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 25, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.Original Air Date: 05/07/2023; Re-Edit: 12/16/2025This episode completes my review of the albums of 1996 with my top 10 favorite albums of the year

This is a re-edited version of Episode 23, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.Original Air Date: 04/30/2023; Re-edit: 03/27/2025This episode features my #20 through #11 favorite albums of 1996, leading in to next week's episode with my top 10.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 22, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards. Original Air Date: 04/23/2023; Re-edit: 11/17/2024 In this episode I continue my review of the music of 1996, discussing albums by female led Rock bands, some rockabilly and punk albums, Reggae, Country, the swing revival fad, Electronica, Jambands, and hip hop. I also reveal my #21 honorable Mention album for the year.