Ma Rainey's "Shave 'Em Dry"
MA RAINEY, the Mother of the Blues, has been credited for coining the term "The Blues", the genre that Rock and Roll is based on. She was among the first women to ever record music, and some scholars ...
5 Touko 20215min
B Side: How to sell a music documentary
Kris again visit with filmmaker Chelsea Christer to find out how one gets their music documentary into film festivals, theaters and the hearts of music fans everywhere.
30 Huhti 202121min
Where we've been and what's coming up
SXSW. Willie Nelson. And a very exciting announcement of a very very exciting announcement. If you haven't listened recently, this is the episode to listen to. --We love to hear from you and yes, Text...
24 Huhti 202111min
Track 18: SXSW 2021 - Willie Nelson
Country legend Willie Nelson ahs been on the move delighting audiences for 65 years...that is, until a worldwide pandemic shut down his tour. And yet, the country music legend couldn't be busier - wit...
16 Huhti 202110min
Track 17: Bleeding Audio or Digital Killed the Analog Star
The Matches should have been as huge as 311, Blink182 and Bad Religion - all bands they were associated with. Only in their case, as they were coming up in music, something ugly was going down...It wa...
7 Huhti 202140min
Track 16: Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
From the dawn of rock and roll and even before there have been female artists. Women like Ma Rainey pushed the envelope with the Dirty Blues and musicians like Sister Rosette Tharpe have been recogniz...
24 Maalis 202124min
Track 15: Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos
Liner Notes:Long Live Rock...Celebrate the Chaos is a documentary that honors perhaps thee most important person in music bar none: the audience. In this episode, we'll hear from no shortage of stars,...
9 Maalis 202137min
Track 14: Hardcore Punk
Liner Notes: This time on Text Prose & RocknRoll, Kris is joined by author Nancy Barile who was front and center at the dawning of American Hardcore Punk. Her experience is the subject of her new memo...
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