In this episode, we talk about the rule-defying genre that took the jazz scene by storm in the 1960s known as free jazz.

Playlist of songs:

• Intuition - Lennie Tristano
• City Of Glass (First Movement): Entrance Into The City - Stan Kenton
• Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
• Steps - Cecil Taylor
• ... When Will The Blues Leave? - Ornette Coleman
• Eventually - Ornette Coleman
• Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman
• Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman
• Ghosts: First Variation - Albert Ayler
• Ascension - Edition I/Pt. 1 - John Coltrane
• The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost - John Coltrane
• The Magic City - Sun Ra & His Arkestra
• Heliocentric - Sun Ra

The 2008 financial crisis left many people without homes, jobs, and hopes for the future... but pop music was there to save us! In the late 2000's and early 2010s, pop songs often featured themes of letting loose, partying, drinking and forgetting about your troubles. Tonight was THE night and tomorrow was uncertain. The only cure for this recession according to popular music was to DANCE! And we may need this cure again very soon.. stay tuned to find out why although I think we all already know😭

Playlist of songs:

• The Way I Are - Timbaland, Keri Hilson, D.O.E.
• Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
• Just Dance - Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis
• I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
• Dynamite - Taio Cruz
• TiK ToK - Kesha
• Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry
• Sexy Bitch (feat. Akon) - David Guetta
• Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO
• Like A G6 - Far East Movement, The Cataracs, DEV
• Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - Calvin Harris
• Give Me Everything (feat. Nayer) -Pitbull, AFROJACK, Ne-Yo
• We Found Love - Rihanna, Calvin Harris
• Die Young - Kesha
• I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Icona Pop
• Time of Our Lives - Pitbull, Ne-Yo
• Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
• Abracadabra - Lady Gaga
• YIPPEE-KI-YAY. (feat. T-Pain) - Kesha, T-Pain

Allow yourself to be immersed in the escapist sounds of dream pop. A genre originally from the 80s combining influences from the psychedelic 60s era with a whole new soundscape, this genre is as weird as it is mystical, magical and often beautiful. The experimentation with sonic textures with reverb, echo, effects pedals as well as whimsical, operatic or breathy vocals from bands like the Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil and A.R. Kane would inspire some popular indie bands that we know and love today. Listen and enjoy !

Playlist of songs:

• All I Wanna Do - The Beach Boys
• Let It Down - George Harrison
• Sugar Hiccup - Cocteau Twins
• Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
• Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
• Falling - Julee Cruise
• A Starting Point - Dif Juz
• Birthday - The Sugarcubes
• Plainsong - The Cure
• Crazy Blue - A.R. Kane
• Strange - Galaxie 500
• Tugboat - Galaxie 500
• Halah - Mazzy Star
• Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
• Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
• Silver Soul - Beach House
• Money Trees - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock
• Space Song - Beach House
• Adult Diversion - Alvvays
• Show Me How - Men I Trust

While house music originated in Chicago, the disco heavy influence inherent in this genre allowed French artists to give their own unique spin to this movement. With strong foundations in disco and electronic music as well as a generation of musicians growing up on 80s dance music, a new wave of house music was born in France known as the French Touch movement. This episode goes into the history behind artists like St. Germain, Motorbass, Bob Sinclar, Air, Cassius and of course, Daft Punk. We hope you enjoy listening!

Watch this documentary to learn more about this genre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNbfgRuypyE

Playlist of songs:

• Disco Cubizm - I:Cube
• Disco Cubizm - Daft Punk Remix
• What to do - Thomas Bangalter
• Venus (Sunshine People) [DJ Gregory Remix] - Cheek
• Ezio - Motorbass
• Deep in it - St. Germain
• Revolution 909 - Daft Punk
• Around the World - Daft Punk
• Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
• Lady - Modjo
• Gym Tonic - Bob Sinclar
• Prix choc - Etienne de Crecy
• Feeling for you - Cassius
• One More Time - Daft Punk
• World Hold On - Bob Sinclar
• The Whistle Song - Frankie Knuckles
• D.A.N.C.E - Justice
• Neverender - Justice

In this episode, we discuss and listen to a style of music known as Worldbeat - a fusion of Western and non-Western musical styles that began in around the 1980s with artists like Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and David Byrne incorporating mostly African but also other world music styles into their recordings. While it has its controversies, this genre will allow you to hear sounds you may have not heard before and discover artists from the Global South or as Andrew likes the call it, the recovering countries - you gotta listen to find out what the hell that means.. enjoy !

Playlists of songs:

• Born under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads

• Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti
• Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti
• Ja Funmi - King Sunny Ade
• In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
• Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Dance into the Light - Phil Collins
• (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads
• Desert Rose - Sting, Cheb Mami
• Set - Youssou N'Dour
• Bamboleo - Gipsy Kings
• Ko-Yan - Salif Keita
• Boyz - M.I.A.
• Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
• Born Under Punches - Angelique Kidjo
• Once in a Lifetime - Angelique Kidjo

My really cool rock n roll dad joins us again as a special guest for this episode on Southern Rock! Tune in to learn the history of how a community of rock artists from the southern United States drew from their influences of R&B artists and genres to create a unique sound in rock. From the Allman Brothers to Lynyrd Skynyrd, they incorporated sounds from the blues, soul, jazz, gospel, country and many other Southern genres, so there's something for everyone to enjoy!

Playlist of songs:

• Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
• Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
• Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Band
• Can't You See - The Marshall Tucker Band
• Fire on the Mountain - The Marshall Tucker Band
• Keep On Smilin' - Wet Willie
• Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The Ballad Of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• The South's Gonna Do It Again - The Charlie Daniels Band
• Here Comes My Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• La Grange - ZZ Top
• There Goes Another Love Song - The Outlaws
• Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet
• Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes
• Hard to Handle - Otis Redding
• Hold On - Alabama Shakes
• I Don't - Brittany Howard
• Magnolia Road - The Allman Betts Band
• Sleeping Dogs - Blackberry Smoke
• Broken Window Serenade - Whiskey Myers
• Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group

In this episode we discuss the genre known as emo, a genre that started when a bunch of angry punk kids realized they were getting a bit too angry and needed to explore a new emotion, sadness. Emotional hardcore eventually morphed into the whiny, heartfelt, pop-punky genre that we know and love today. This explode explores emo's journey from the mid-80s to the present. So grab your tissues and tune in..to your feelings

Playlist of songs

• Remainder - Rites of Spring
• Building - Embrace
• Kiss The Bottle - Jawbreaker
• Accident Prone - Jawbreaker
• In Circles - Sunny Day Real Estate
• Pink Triangle - Weezer
• Oh Messy Life - Cap'n Jazz
• Is This Thing On? - The Promise Ring
• Screaming Infidelities - Dashboard Confessional
• Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World
• The Taste of Ink - The Used
• Ocean Avenue
• I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance
• MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday
• Cute Without The 'E' - Taking Back Sunday
• This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race - Fall Out Boy
• That's What You Get - Paramore
• Constant Headache - Joyce Manor
• Where the Heart Is - Sweet Pill
• Starchild - Sweet Pill

Join us as we explore and celebrate the dynamic landscape of Arabic pop music and its growing influence on the global stage. In this episode, we explore rich melodies and rhythms that define the genre while also examining how it intersects with Western styles like hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music.

Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the genre, this episode will open your ears to the beats and melodies that are capturing hearts across the globe.

Playlist of songs:

• Le Beirut - Fairuz
• Matrahak Bi Albi - Majida El Roumi
• Youm Wara Youm - Samira Said, Cheb Mami
• Nour El Ein - Amr Diab
• Aayshalak - Elissa
• El Layali - Nawal Al Zoghbi
• Ya Tabtab Wa Dallaa - Nancy Ajram
• El Wawa - Haifa Wehbe
• Sabry Aalil - Sherine
• Allah Aleik Ya Seedy - Ehab Tawfik
• Don't Know What to Tell Ya - Aaliyah
• Batwanes Beek - Warda
• C'est la vie - Khaled
• Dammi Falasteeni - Mohammaed Afsaasni
• El3ab Yalla - Oka Wi Ortega
• Bum Bum - Mohamed Ramadan
• Mashkalni - Rashed Al-Majed
• Weled Men Al Shukriya - Eman Al Sharif