A Century of Song – Hour 4: The 1950s (Pt. 2)
The 1950s rightly deserve their reputation as the decade when rock and roll changed popular music forever. But that revolution was only one part of […]
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A Century of Song – Hour 3: The 1950s
The 1950s are usually presented as the decade when rock and roll suddenly arrived and changed everything. This playlist tells a messier – and more […]
A Century of Song – Hour 2: The 1940s (Pt. 2)
The 1940s did not give us an easy path. Recording quality was often inconsistent, wartime restrictions disrupted both the industry and the available talent, and […]
A Century of Song – Hour 1: The 1940s
When I first imagined A Century of Song, the starting point seemed painfully obvious: the 1920s. A hundred years of recorded music? Start a hundred […]