#7: The Grammys | Taylor Swift | Back Catalog Assets
A few pre-Grammys listens, if you’re into the awards-show thing:
🎧 [X] on [Y] debuted four Grammy-themed episodes, featuring HAIM talking about Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Bridgers on Conor Oberst, Portugal. The Man on Wu-Tang Clan, and Kenny Beats on Rick Rubin.
🎧 The Ringer Music Show makes some predictions.
🎧 Object of Sound takes a critical look at the event’s “systemic inequities.”
Elsewhere...
🎧 Odd Lots explains why music back catalogs have become “a red-hot asset class.”
🎧 Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard have reached “Fearless” in their Ringer Dish series Every Single Album: Taylor Swift.
🎧 Bruce and Barack are back at Renegades: Born in the USA with a discussion of the loss of American innocence.
🎧 Sticky Notes introduces you to the history of opera.
🎧 Sound of Cinema highlights women who score films.
🎧 Sound Opinions picks some songs about shady characters.
🎧 Sound & Vision’s mini-series on people juggling being a musician and a parent continues.
🎧 We Need to Talk About Britney wonders: Did Britney Spears sell Brittany Murphy a haunted house?
Song Deep Dives and Lists
“Big Face Money” by Tom Waits Song by Song
“Bring Me Down” by Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Enter Sandman” by Metallica Song vs. Song
“Heat Waves” by Glass Animals Song Exploder
“I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye” by Willie Nelson One By Willie
“Lost Ones” by Lauren Hill Black Girl Songbook
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” by Shania Twain 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s
“Nessun Dorma” by Puccini Aria Code
“Nothing is Beyond You” by Amy Grant Duet
“Recovery” by Frank Turner 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Roses” by Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Seven Year Ache” by Roseanne Cash Duet
“Sweatpants” by Childish Gambino 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Swingin’” by Thad Cockrell Songs of Note
“The Heart of the Matter” by Don Henley Duet
“The Number One Song in Heaven” by Sparks Duet
“The Wire” by Haim 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Timebomb” by Old ‘97s The Volume Knob
“Vertebrae” by Christine Fellows Duet
“Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns n’ Roses Song vs. Song
“What Makes You Think You’re the One?” by Fleetwood Mac Duet
“Where Did Our Love Go?” The Supremes A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
“Whiskey Glasses” by Morgan Wallen Why I Hate This Album
“Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush Strong Songs
Album Analysis and Dissections
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel DISCovery with Eric Senich
“Let it Come Down” by Spiritualized My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan
“Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica” by The Ronettes Heat Rocks
“Shake Your Moneymaker” by The Black Crowes Rolling Stone Music Now
“Station to Station” by David Bowie Discord and Rhyme
“Supernatural” by Santana Late Era
“The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society” by The Kinks You, Me and An Album
Artist Retrospectives and Deep Dives
David Bowie Off the Record
Jim Croce Stand By Your Band
Ian Curtis Death of a Rock Star
Shonen Knife The Kitchen Sisters Present
Notorious B.I.G. Juan Ep Is Dead
The Goo Goo Dolls Bandsplain
Todd Rundgren Rockin’ the Suburbs
Van Halen The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll
Musicals
Bad Robot! Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Carrie the Musical Out For Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical
Interviews and Guest Appearances
Jack Antonoff Duet
Dicky Barrett Chris DeMakes a Podcast
Jon Batiste Fresh Air
Andrew Bird Talkhouse
Avett Brothers The Artist and The Athlete
BTS Sprout
David Byrne Design Matters
Cautious Clay Past, Present, Future, Live!
Harry Connick Jr. Pop Shop Podcast
John Darnielle Duet
Nainita Desai Monocle 24: The Monocle Culture Show
DJ Clark Kent People’s Party with Talib Kweli, The Fat Joe Show
E-40 All the Smoke, Bullseye
Tommy Emmanuel Walking the Floor
Erika Ender And the Writer Is…
Brent Faiyaz OTHERtone
Nils Frahm The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Ghetts Hip Hop Raised Me
Sammy Hagar The Tapes Archive
Dexter Holland Cutter’s RockCast
Patterson Hood Wheels Off
Bruce Hornsby People Have the Power
Insane Clown Posse Kesha and the Creepies
Kimbra Switched on Pop
Kings of Leon Rock This with Allison Hagendorf
Femi and Made Kuti Counterjam
Ziggy Marley Broken Record
James Mtume Questlove Supreme
Mac Phipps Louder Than a Riot
Dave Pirner Rock Solid
Gregory Porter Sodajerker on Songwriting
Margo Price The Moment with Brian Koppelman
Suzi Quatro The Vinyl Guide
Robert Randolph Live from Nerdville
Lisa Robinson Questlove Supreme
Royal T The Gangster Chronicles
Too $hort No Jumper, All the Smoke
Rob Stringer Strictly Business
John Vanderslice Roadcase
Kevin Wasserman Cutter’s RockCast
Rob Zombie You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
Live Music
Lianna La Havas Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
New Podcast
In The Rock Podcast with Denny Somach, the rock historian curates “the greatest stories of rock from the artists themselves – in their own voices.” First episode: John Bonham.