Popular Music

"Psychedelic Daze"

A 12-part series on the San Francisco countercultural movement of 1965-1969 that created a revolution in music and culture. I was a part of that movement.

Part One: Berkeley and the Radical Left
Part Two: The Heroes of the Hip
Part Three: More Heroes of the Hip
Part Four: The Scene
Part Five: The Events
Part Six: The Promoters and their Venues
Part Seven: The Quick and the Dead
Part Eight: The Matrix and the Airplane
Part Nine: The Art
Part Ten: The Bands (Part 1)
Part Eleven: The Bands (Part 2)
Part Twelve: Harbinger and the Dawn Album

"The New Acoustic Popular Music" 

A 12-part series about the great new genre of acoustic-based music that is becoming the popular music for our time, while the destructive genres of heavy metal, hard rock and angry hip hop fade into the past.

Part One - Mumford and the Movie

Part Two - Blind Pilot, Avetts and Lumineers

Part Three - Monsters and Men, Fleet Foxes and Dry the River

Part Four - Elephants, Kings and Duos

Part Five - From Horse Feathers to Vespers

Part Six - Stave Off those Shovels with Paper Kites

Part Seven - Civil Wars and Other Lives

Part Eight - Railroad to the Graveyard

Part Nine - The Singer Revolution (Part 1)

Part Ten - The Singer Revolution (Part 2)

Part Eleven - Bluegrass Update and the Amazing Sierra Hull

Part Twelve - Ireland's Musical Soul