A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
- Category
- Music
- Publisher
- Andrew Hickey
- Language
- English
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is Andrew Hickey telling the history of rock as five hundred individual tracks, each with the people who made it.
The episodes are researched essays. A song opens into a studio, a label, a scene, and the musicians who did not get the credit. Hickey is explicit about sources and about the limits of the stories rock tells about itself.
The series is a long narrative by accumulation. No single episode is the history. Together they are a corrective to the highlight reel.
Start at episode one even if you want a later decade. The early songs establish how Hickey handles credit, money, and myth. The episodes are dense enough to reward a pause.
Last episode listed in the official feed
Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
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