This Moment in Music History for 05-22-2025

On December 31, 1985, one of the most iconic concerts in music history took place at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. The concert, known as "The New Year's Eve Concert," featured the Grateful Dead, who performed a legendary three-set show that lasted over five h ...  Show more

On December 30th in music history, one significant event took place in 1968 when the Beatles performed their last live gig on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London. This iconic performance, which lasted for 42 minutes, was the culmination of the band's " ...  Show more

Martin Freeman tells the story of the Fab Four’s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way. In the space of just 8 years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented global fame. And when their ...  Show more

Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock’n’roll…I hate the use of the cliché of “a perfect storm,” but that’s precisely what I’m talking about…a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just t ...  Show more

In this episode of Quartertones, Thanks Joey takes us on a journey through hip hop, Brooklyn music, and his Syrian grandfather’s old records. We talk about working with Omar Offendum and Narcy, his music making process, and what inspired his Lahme song.

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“Wind Of Change” by Scorpions has the rare distinction of being a history lesson within a huge rock ballad, released after the Berlin Wall came crashing down in 1989 in the band’s native Germany. In the years since, it has become a unifying theme song for the circumstances aro ...