Country Music: A History

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Country Music: A Very Short Introduction

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Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s

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American Pop: Hit Makers, Superstars, and Dance Revolutionaries

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Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

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Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

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No Sweeter Sound: The History of Black Country Music

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Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There

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American Latin Music: Rumba Rhythms, Bossa Nova, and the Salsa Sound

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American Country: Bluegrass, Honky-Tonk, and Crossover Sounds

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American R & B: Gospel Grooves, Funky Drummers, and Soul Power

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American Epic: When Music Gave America Her Voice

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Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville

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Rockin' in the Ivory Tower: Rock Music on Campus in the Sixties

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Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring

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America, the Band: An Authorized Biography

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The History of Rock & Roll: Volume 1: 1920-1963

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From Stardust to Stardom: The Epic Story of Nat King Cole's Life and Music

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My Life in the Purple Kingdom

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Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn

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My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

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American Rock: Guitar Heroes, Punks, and Metalheads

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Stories Behind the Greatest Hits of Christmas

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Summary of Elijah Wald's Escaping the Delta

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Scott Joplin: The Life and Legacy of the King of Ragtime

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Kip Trash: You Can't Stick to a Girl with a Teflon Coated Heart and Other Songs of Humor & Despair

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Skydog: The Duane Allman Story

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Hotel California

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Why the Beach Boys Matter

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Night Train to Nashville: The Greatest Untold Story of Music City

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Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra

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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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The Wright Brothers

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

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The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

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The Book of Charlie

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): An American History

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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

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Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

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Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

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The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home

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Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

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John Adams

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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

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The Untold History of the United States

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

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The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

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UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There

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The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: 2nd Edition

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Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Ray Wylie Hubbard (Live from KNBT) | A Five Year Anniversary of Rednecks and Radio: Americana Podcast celebrates 5 years with a special live show from KNBT with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mattson Rainer and Robert Earl Keen. From live performances of the songs you know and love to the stories about how they came to be- this episode is worth celebrating!

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TCBCast 286: Elvis Presley and Country Music, Part 1: Elvis' Country Music Roots (Are More Complex Than You Think): The epic saga begins. Music aficionado Garrett Cash joins Justin for the first part of a sweeping miniseries on Elvis Presley's lifelong, intertwined history with country music. We begin with the complex web of myriad influences that paved the way for...

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#222 - Gold Coast Country: What's the difference between Country music in the USA, and the rest of the World? We get the opportunity to dig into to that idea with Australian songwriter and recording artist Lily Grace, who shares with us what its like to be on the other side of...

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Al Olson - The History of the American Renaissance Festival - 602: Al Olson - The History of the American Renaissance Festival. This is episode 602 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Al Olson is one of a select handful of eccentric, quirky, and entertaining people who helped grow the American Ren...

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TCBCast 291: Elvis and Country Music, Part 6: Elvis' Country Legacy: In the finale to the epic Elvis and country music miniseries, Justin and guest host Garrett Cash briskly fly over nearly four and a half decades of time, tracing Elvis' impact and influence on country music, starting with several of the tributes paid...

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“Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba

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Episode 114: “My Boy Lollipop” by Millie: This weeks episode looks at My Boy Lollipop and the origins of ska music. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on If You Wann

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1. "Preciosa" — The Other Anthem: For over a century, Puerto Rican musicians have been influential across the hemisphere. From the Harlem Hellfighters of WWI who helped develop jazz to the reggaetoneros who dominate today’s charts, Puerto Rican music is everywhere. We start the season with the island’s most celebrated composer Rafael Hernandez, who wrote beloved songs like “Lamento Borincano,” “Ahora Seremos Felices,” and “Perfume de Gardenias” – and one of the island’s unofficial anthems, “Preciosa.” It’s a love song written for Puerto Rico that praises the island’s beauty and, remarkably, also calls out the forces that oppress it. When Bad Bunny exploded onto the scene and became the most-streamed artist in the history of the world, it became undeniable that Puerto Rican lyrics – the poetry of what people sing about, the bregas in every chorus – resonate all over the hemisphere. In September, he put out a music video for his hit “El Apagón,” (“The Blackout,”) which then turned into a

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Episode 92: “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by the Tokens: Episode ninety-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens, and at a seventy-year-long story of powerful people repeatedly ripping off less powerful people, then themselves being ripped off in turn

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The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

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Hit Parade: The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

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Willie Jones’ Southern Roots

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Episode 43: “I Gotta Know” by Wanda Jackson: Episode forty-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at I Gotta Know by Wanda Jackson, and the links between rockabilly and the Bakersfield Sound. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript

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Shane Profitt, A Southern Singer, Songwriter with a Straight-Shooting Swagger.

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Episode 95: “You Better Move On” by Arthur Alexander: Episode ninety-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at You Better Move On, and the sad story of Arthur Alexander. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers

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1. "Preciosa" — El otro himno: Durante más de un siglo, los músicos puertorriqueños han sido influyentes en todo el hemisferio. Desde el regimiento de los Harlem Hellfighters de la Primera Guerra Mundial, que ayudaron a desarrollar el jazz, hasta los reguetoneros que dominan las listas de los éxitos actuales, la música boricua está en todas partes. Empezamos la temporada con el compositor más celebrado de la isla, Rafael Hernández, quien escribió canciones amadas como "Lamento borincano", "Ahora seremos felices" y "Perfume de gardenias" - y uno de los himnos no oficiales de la isla, "Preciosa". Esta es una canción de amor escrita para Puerto Rico que alaba la belleza de la isla y, sorprendentemente, también señala a las fuerzas que la oprimen. Cuando Bad Bunny irrumpió en la escena y se convirtió en el artista más reproducido de la historia del mundo, se hizo incuestionable que las letras puertorriqueñas - la poesía de lo que la gente canta, las bregas en cada coro - resuenan por todo

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BF Presents: American Songcatcher: Help produce Basic Folk by contributing at basicfolk.com/donate Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by sharing an episode in our feed! American Songcatcher with Nicholas Edward Williams, is an independent audio documentary-style podcast hosted by the folk musician and music history enthusiast. Each episode has five stories: starting with one traditional song’s journey to America, followed by the stories of four musicians in American roots starting with legends of the past going all the way to current artists of the day. You’ll hear the stories behind songs of immigrants from the British Isles and Europe who brought their tunes into the Appalachian mountains…To songs of the South: Gospel, Bluegrass, Ragtime, Blues, Old-Time, Country, and the Folk music derived from it all. This podcast goes behind the curtain of legends, and shines a light on integral artists who have influenced generation

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Shane Profitt, A Southern Singer, Songwriter with a Straight-Shooting Swagger.

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Episode 16: “Crazy Man Crazy” by Bill Haley and the Comets: Welcome to episode sixteen of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Today were looking at Crazy Man Crazy by Bill Haley and the Comets. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Resou

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287: Elvis and Country Music Part 2: The Hillbilly Cat Changes Country Forever: Part 2 of the Elvis and Country Music saga picks up right where Justin and guest host Garrett Cash left off, with a deconstruction of both sides of Elvis' first Sun single. Elvis's country career is traced through his time at Sun and on the Louisiana...

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The Louvin Brothers

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034: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978): ULLA!!! Discord & Rhyme tackles an art-rock/disco musical based on the 1898 H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds and which John posits as the most ‘70s album ever made. Featuring an unforgettable spoken word performance by Richard Burton, as well as...

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Mark Guarino, "Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival" (U Chicago Press, 2023): An interview with Mark Guarino

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Daddy Yankee's "Barrio Fino"

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Alan Cross: A Journal of Musical Things

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Episode 85: “Three Steps to Heaven” by Eddie Cochran: Episode eighty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Three Steps to Heaven by Eddie Cochran, and at the British tour which changed music and ended his life. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and

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Episode 84: “Shakin’ All Over” by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates: Episode eighty-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Shakin All Over by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, and how the first great British R&B band interacted with the entertainment industry. Click the full post to read liner notes

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The John Simon Interview

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A Walking Tour of Denver’s Juneteenth History: A re-run of our Juneteenth episode from 2021

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88. Will Hoge on Ray Charles 'Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music': It's no surprise that someone like Will Hoge, whose music blends R&B sounds with heartland rock, would love the genre-busting "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music", Ray Charles' 1962 album that saw him cover country classics by Hank...