Supergroups
The supergroup phenomenon – from the very first to supergroups formed this year
Music 101
Host: Margot
Sundays at 10 am MST and Wednesdays at 8 pm MST
Music 101 is part music/part history lesson with your teacher and host Margot. Every week, Margot 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.
Select recent episode summaries
Crime Jazz
The birth of the cool, the smoky, and the noir
Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am: Glam Rock
Glam burned hot and bright in the early 70’s
Music 101 Presents Veterans Day
Music 101 honors our heroes
Music 101: Murder Ballads
During Halloween, we turn to the murder ballad for its stories, and its fright
Goth Rock
Bauhaus, along with bands like Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, and Cocteau Twins, created the Goth movement
Teenage Tragedy Songs
Nothing is more keenly felt than your emotions, and nothing portrays it more keenly than in song.
Music 101 Goes On The Road
Join Margot for a class on the Music of 1968
Remembering Otis Rush
Looking at the life and impact of Blues legend Otis Rush
Neo Psychedelia
Psychedelic Rock never went away and in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. It got to have its moment in the sun again
Psychedelic Rock (The Beginning)
What exactly is psychedelic rock? Flower power? Perhaps. Staying power? Absolutely.
Philly Soul
Philly Soul bridged Motown and funk, and influenced a nation.
