Let’s talk music books, music documentaries and films.

Frank Zappa once said “Music is everything.” And that’s probably the greatest quote ever on the importance and beauty of music. AllMusicPodcasts explores music books, music documentaries, and music films with the people who created them: the authors, directors and producers. They’re fans too, and we like to shine a light on them. We like to think of ourselves as taking a more NPR approach, in a podcast world full of World Wrestling Entertainment. 

PLAYLIST

Episode 1 (30 min.)
Originally released 5/5/2019
INFLUENTIAL MUSIC: “Memory Songs” with James Cook
Our very first guest in our podcast is James Cook, the author of “Memory Songs,” a personal journey into the music that shaped the 90s. The book is a testament to music’s power over the imagination and combines James’ account of the murky years preceding Brit-pop with meditations on the artists who influenced the now legendary scene he was there to witness.

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Episode 2 (34 min.)
Originally released 5/21/2019
BOBBIE GENTRY: “Ode To Billie Joe” (33 1/3) with Tara Murtha
July, 1967: It seems the entire country stopped to listen to a husky voice steeped in the simmering secrets of the South tell a tragic tale of teenage suicide. So much for the Summer of Love.

In “Ode to Billie Joe,” author Tara Murtha explores the real-life mysteries ensnarled within the much-disputed origin of Ode to Billie Joe. The result is an investigative pop history that reveals, for the first time, the full breadth of Bobbie Gentry's groundbreaking career through extensive interviews and unprecedented access

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