Music 101

Host: Margot
Sundays at 10 am and Wednesdays at 8 pm

Music 101 is part music/part history lesson with your teacher and host Margot. Every week, she highlights a different chapter in music history, bringing you songs you love and the stories behind them. Music 101 explores how music and history both affect one another, while highlighting topics like The Wrecking Crew, banned and censored songs, the Civil Rights Movement, CBGB’s, the Hammond organ in rock — and much more.

Recent Episodes

Watch: A Brief History Of Sampling

Watch: A Brief History Of Sampling

Posted by The Colorado Sound on October 2, 2020

We’ll highlight the history of sampling on October 5’s episode of Music 101

Listen: Aretha Franklin's Debut Single "Today I Sing The Blues"

Listen: Aretha Franklin’s Debut Single “Today I Sing The Blues”

Posted by The Colorado Sound on September 25, 2020

Sunday on Music 101: Debut Singles

Watch Cher & David Bowie perform the "Young Americans Medley" from 1975

Watch Cher & David Bowie perform the “Young Americans Medley” from 1975

Posted by Margot on September 18, 2020

This week on Music 101: Bowie Collaborations

Songs Of Protest Music Throughout History

Songs Of Protest Music Throughout History

Posted by The Colorado Sound on June 18, 2020

This Land by Gary Clark. Jr., and more protest music through the ages

Music 101: John Cale

Music 101: John Cale

Posted by The Colorado Sound on November 5, 2019

The life and music of the extraordinary John Cale

Halloween With Music 101

Halloween With Music 101

Posted by The Colorado Sound on October 28, 2019

Inside the songs and stories of the best Halloween music

Music 101: Two Hit Wonders

Music 101: Two Hit Wonders

Posted by The Colorado Sound on October 4, 2019

After One Hit Wonder Day, the best two hit wonders

105.5 The Colorado Sound

17 hours ago

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/O Volume 2 expanded our initial vision by bringing songwriters out of established bands and featuring them with a new collaboration. Julie Davis joined us from the band Bluebook.

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When we first conjured the idea of the Sessions, we wanted amazing songwriters to join us in an authentic way. Enter: iPhone demos. Julie’s might be one of the most epic, because it featured her son (who, quite frankly, might’ve stolen the show) in the background playing with his red fire truck.

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Firetruck or no, Julie shared with us that the creative energy in parenting and raising a child is a big part of what she channels into her music -- which all started with poetry.

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Julie is a part of Bluebook, a three piece indie band that we hugely adore and that feels more like performance art and otherworldly imagination during their sets than anything else.

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We were thrilled to welcome Julie to explore some of her songs during the Sessions. ‘Remember Me’, featured here, was based on the story of the Snow Queen, and never ceases to conjure mystic and magic. ...

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105.5 The Colorado Sound

21 hours ago

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Join us in welcoming Tammy Terwelp, who will become our new president and CEO in April! ...

A Warm Welcome To New President and CEO Tammy Terwelp

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Tammy Terwelp will become the new president and CEO of Community Radio for Northern Colorado

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