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From Newport to Woodstock: The Real History of Music Festivals
Since the early jazz & folk happenings in the 1960s, almost every musical genre has had festivals to attract the faithful as well as potential converts.
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California Dreaming: The Music Of The Golden State
From folk-pop, psychedelia, country-rock, to hair metal and hip-hop, music has been integral to California’s cultural identity.
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No Static At All
FM radio & pirate radio began experimenting with different kinds of music; shows dedicated to playing rock music and AOR. The revolution was in full swing.
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Nashville Music
Synonymous with Country music is Nashville, you can’t mention one without mentioning the other home to the Grand Ole Opry & the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Hip-Hop Heroes: The Takeover
Hip-Hop opened a can of concrete honesty and emotional turmoil with gritty soundscapes that at times felt like a Martin Scorcese movie filmed in the ghetto.
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1989 – Before We Were Connected
Was there really a time when there was no Internet? How did people talk to each other? How did they listen to music or connect? Here is the story of 1989...
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Guitar Gods
While there have been numerous apostles there's a select band who have been elevated to status of Guitar God – who are they and what makes them so special?
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Modtastic – A History Of The Mod Culture
Mods had their origins in London in the mid-1960s but it wasn't long before Lambrettas, Vespas and all-nighters in clubs were being seen all over Britain.
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Olympic Studios
The bands that recorded at Olympic Studios reads like a who’s who of popular music - The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Queen, The Who, U2 - all worked there.
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Can White Men Play The Blues?
In 1968 the Bonzo Dog Band asked ‘Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?’ It was their take on a musical question that was being raised by many music journalists.
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V40: (Girl) Powering Into The 21st Century
Virgin vigorously developed a series of sub-labels, which acted like indies that gave artists like Placebo and The Chemical Brothers room to develop.
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Verve Records: A History Of “The Jazz Of America”
Throughout its rich and varied history, the groundbreaking Verve Records has brought “The Jazz Of America” into millions of homes around the world.
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Hip Hop Heroes: Rap’s New Millenium
With the coming of the new millennium it was obvious that hip-hop had come a long way and now became a commercial powerhouse in mainstream culture.
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Virgin: The Eclectic Years
Virgin Records began life as a very independent-minded label in the 1970s, one with a definite sound, releasing some of the best records of the decade.
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A Brand New Wave
Within two short and exciting years of punk, there were rapid changes, as the creative innovators starting experimenting on a worldwide scale.
