This Moment in Music History for 05-30-2025

# February 21st in Music History: Nina Simone's Legendary Carnegie Hall Debut (1964)On February 21, 1964, the incomparable Nina Simone took the stage at Carnegie Hall for her first headlining performance at the legendary venue, delivering a concert that would become one of the mo ...  Show more

# February 20th in Music History: Kurt Cobain's Iconic MTV Unplugged Performance (1994)On February 20, 1994, Nirvana recorded what would become one of the most haunting and legendary performances in music history: their MTV Unplugged session at Sony Music Studios in New York City ...  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

When The Beatles came out with Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it seemed like music had changed forever. Out with the days of 78s and random singles compiled into LPs. Now the act of listening to music was an art in itself! Until it wasn’t. In this episode, Hannah and ...  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

Omar El Ouaer plays three of his songs: Alif Ya Soltani, Aziza, and Mana3ref Win. He tells us about Tunisian music and how he discovered Jazz.

Omar el Ouaer, a Tunisian jazz musician. He started his music education at the age of 11, studying Arabic music at the conservat ...