MODERN MUSICOLOGY

Richard Evans is the author of the new book Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. This definitive book explores how krautrock, disco, glam rock, and punk inspir...

6 Feb 20231h 17min

This week the Modern Musicology gang, joined by our good friend JM Tuffley, chats about that difficult, stressful, tricky sophomore album! You've had your entire early career to write, perform, and pe...

30 Jan 20231h 9min

What happens when one of the most successful and most influential bands ever, which literally changed the face of music, breaks up? Well, if you're a Beatle, you go on to an equally important and pros...

23 Jan 20231h 8min

On January 1st, Rolling Stone Magazine published their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time, and caused a good bit of controversy by doing so. Fans of certain artists were up in arms that thei...

16 Jan 202358min

To kick off our second year, the Modern Musicology gang takes a look at the new documentary If These Walls Could Sing, by filmmaker Mary McCartney, investigating the history of Abbey Road, the studio ...

9 Jan 202358min

This week we celebrate not only our 50th episode but also the final episode of our first year with a really special interview with author and filmmaker DAVID LEAF, author of the new book God Only Know...

19 Dec 20221h 22min

This week the Modern Musicology gang goes away to camp as we pay a visit with the founder of the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, David Fishof, who is celebrating the release of his new book, Rock Camp: An...

12 Dec 202252min

This week the Modern Musicology gang celebrates the show's FIRST ANNIVERSARY by taking a look back at some of the highlights of the past year! Then we review some of our favorite album, single, book a...

5 Dec 20221h 15min