Ted Todorov
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I've never been a huge fan of music podcasts or music history books -- but this one is absolutely amazing -- I'm completely hooked. https://500songs.com/
I started with Episode 1, about Benny Goodman, but at some point I was just skipping to random episodes about musicians, songs or bands I really like. It is impossible not to learn new things, no matter how well informed you think you are on a specific subject. For instance: https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-146-good-vibrations-by-the-beach-boys/
This episode is actually devoted to the biography of Leon Theremin aka Lev Termen the inventor of the theremin which is absolutely wild -- he was also a spy and an inventor of a bunch of other things.
Or this episode https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-137-papas-got-a-brand-new-bag-by-james-brown/ which above and beyond James Brown gives you a history of recording 1960's television (why so few of it still exists), but also treats us to an episode of the T.A.M.I. Show featuring James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Lesley Gore, Chuck Berry, Mavin Gaye. The Beach Boys, etc.
I could go on and on about Andrew Hickey's A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs -- but just try on an episode whose subject you are especially interested in, and if you get hooked, you can blame me or thank me later.
I started with Episode 1, about Benny Goodman, but at some point I was just skipping to random episodes about musicians, songs or bands I really like. It is impossible not to learn new things, no matter how well informed you think you are on a specific subject. For instance: https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-146-good-vibrations-by-the-beach-boys/
This episode is actually devoted to the biography of Leon Theremin aka Lev Termen the inventor of the theremin which is absolutely wild -- he was also a spy and an inventor of a bunch of other things.
Or this episode https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-137-papas-got-a-brand-new-bag-by-james-brown/ which above and beyond James Brown gives you a history of recording 1960's television (why so few of it still exists), but also treats us to an episode of the T.A.M.I. Show featuring James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Lesley Gore, Chuck Berry, Mavin Gaye. The Beach Boys, etc.
I could go on and on about Andrew Hickey's A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs -- but just try on an episode whose subject you are especially interested in, and if you get hooked, you can blame me or thank me later.
