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19 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
Sun, Jun 7, 202030 mins
For many music fans, the Motown Sound is the defining sound of 1960s pop, R&B, and soul music; with The Temptations, The Miracles, and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
Episode 2
Sun, Jun 14, 202030 mins
New York Hip Hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s; the main component of hip hop from today are MCing, DJing, break dancing, and graffiti.
Episode 3
Sun, Jun 21, 202030 mins
A look at the pop/punk fusion of new wave music, with particular focus on Devo, The Pretenders and The B-52s.
Episode 4
Sun, Jun 28, 202030 mins
In the 1930s, orally transmitted music was the heritage of many; the genre employed a resurgence during the Great Depression.
Episode 5
Sun, Jul 12, 202030 mins
A look at key bands in the metal genre of rock music, with particular focus on AC/DC, Motörhead and Testament.
Episode 6
Sun, Jul 19, 202030 mins
Punk music from The New York Dolls, The Ramones, and The Dead Kennedys is played cheap; with a stripped back fast and loud sound.
Episode 7
Sun, Jul 26, 202030 mins
Throughout the 1980s, alternative rock increases in prominence and diversity.
Episode 8
Sun, Aug 2, 2020
Protest songs are written using traditional folk, hillbilly and bluegrass traditions; music artists overthrow 1950s attitudes, bringing civil rights, poverty and other issues into focus.
Episode 9
Sun, Aug 9, 202030 mins
In the early1980's the charts were topped by new bands like The Go-Go's, The Cars, and Huey Lewis and The News.
Episode 10
Sun, Oct 4, 202030 mins
With Lionel Ritchie; Michael Bolton; Billy Ocean; Soul began essentially as uplifting black gospel music; Otis Redding took the genre to its next stage with Mr. Pitiful.
Episode 11
Sun, Oct 11, 2020
Episode 12
Sat, Oct 17, 2020
The relatively non-threatening teen idol predominately appeals to the pre-teen and young teen female audience.
Episode 13
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Rock 'n' roll draws upon New Orleans' many musical sources, including black funeral bands, Mardi Gras parades, country blues from Mississippi delta and various forms of jazz.
Episode 14
Sun, Nov 1, 2020
Music that blends U.S. country with classic rock and roll.
Episode 15
Sun, Nov 8, 202030 mins
Gladys Knight and the Pips; The Four Tops; Jimmy Rufflin.
Episode 16
Sun, Nov 15, 2020
Episode 17
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
A look at the glam rock phenomenon, focusing on bands like The Sweet, T. Rex and Mott the Hoople.
Episode 18
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
Bo Diddley, Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters; Chicago blues reaches beyond the standard six-note blues scale to incorporate major scale notes.
Episode 19
Sun, Dec 6, 2020