A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Transcript Youll have noticed that my experiment with timings has been only a qualified success. While my buffer did allow me to get episodes going out weekly for a while, theyve started to lag again, as events and health have derailed things -- thoug

Episode one hundred and fifty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks, and the self-inflicted damage the group did to their career between 1965 and 1967. Click the full post to read liner no

This is an apology for there not being a main episode this week. Ive been ill most of the week, with an immune system flare-up presumably caused by my covid vaccine booster last week. Ive been trying to get the podcast done, and did get a Patreon episode

Transcript Hi. Were still on a skip week, the main podcast will be back next week, but as weve now reached a point in the podcast where more of the people discussed are living than dead, Id just like to say something, and make a request. Ive seen seve

Episode one hundred and fifty-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs is the last of our four-part mini-series on LA sunshine pop and folk-rock in summer 1967. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transc

Episode one hundred and fifty-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Heroes and Villains” by the Beach Boys, and the collapse of the Smile album. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcri

Episode 152 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “For What Its Worth”, and the short but eventful career of Buffalo Springfield. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Pa

We start season four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs with an extra-long look at San Francisco by Scott McKenzie, and at the Monterey Pop Festival, and the careers of the Mamas and the Papas and P.F. Sloan.  Click the full post to read li

Transcript This is the official announcement that episode one hundred and fifty-one will be up in precisely one week. Ive just finished recording it, and am now in the process of recording episodes one hundred and fifty-two through one hundred and fifty

While Im still on hiatus, I invited questions from listeners. This is an hour-long podcast answering some of them. (Another hour-long Q&A for Patreon backers only will go up next week). Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit,