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Rock N Roll Archaeology

Rock N Roll Archaeology

By: Pantheon Media
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 Rock N Roll Archaeology (RNRA) is more than a podcast; it’s an immersive, carefully researched and produced audio documentary. RNRA explores the history of Rock Music, and then goes a step further. We contextualize Rock N Roll; we place it within the cultural, political, and technological landscapes of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. With storytelling, commentary, and a dash of musicology, we explore how music, culture, and technology interact and affect each other—how they ARE each other.2015-2025 Pantheon Media Music World
Episodes
  • Shorts: Southern Rock Opera: Ghosts, Myths, and Monsters

    Shorts: Southern Rock Opera: Ghosts, Myths, and Monsters
    Jun 17 2025
    Explore the power of myth with Drive-By Truckers' landmark album, Southern Rock Opera. This RNRA Short dissects how Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley used the legend of Lynyrd Skynyrd to confront "The Duality of the Southern Thing." Uncover the stories behind this ambitious double album, its challenging creation, and its lasting impact on Southern rock and the band's "golden era" with Jason Isbell. Host and Producer: Christian Swain Head Writer: Richard Evans Sound Designer: Jerry Danielsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • (ICYMI) Episode 21: Guitarmageddon

    (ICYMI) Episode 21: Guitarmageddon
    Jun 11 2025
    Synopsis The fuse was lit in 1966. Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Keith Moon came together to record a proto-metal classic. After the session an offhand quip from Keith Moon sticks with Jimmy Page. Then we meet The G; the imposing Peter Grant. Led Zeppelin’s fearsome tough-guy manager was a key reason why Zep dominated the rock landscape in the early 70s. Well away from Swinging London, in the grimy industrial town of Birmingham, Black Sabbath comes together. We’ll also take a look at one of the greatest Jam Bands ever, Deep Purple. Then on to probably the single saddest story in all of Rock History, the final days of Jimi Hendrix. Jimi towers over all of it, the late, lamented godfather of Heavy Rock--Rock that centers around the guitar and celebrates blazing virtuosity on that instrument. Complete show notes: ⁠⁠file:///C:/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Users/59tel/Downloads/Episode%2021%20Show%20Notes%20(1).pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • (ICYMI) Episode 20: Ohio

    (ICYMI) Episode 20: Ohio
    May 30 2025
    Rock N Roll as the First Draft Of History. We begin in the midwest college town of Kent, Ohio, in the late spring of 1970. We’ll meet three future rockers--students at Kent State University, barely out of their teens--who will be changed forever by what they witness. We’ll check in on Motown, where the fluffy pop “Sound of Young America” is still alive, but there's a big change coming, a movement towards a tougher, more topical sound. We’ll foreshadow that just a little--lots more to come in a later chapter. Rock N Roll is now Rock, and it is mainstreamed now, big and getting bigger. It set out to subvert the dominant paradigm, now it is the dominant paradigm. It can be downright paradoxical at times; defined by its own contradictions. We come back to the campus for the shattering events of May 4th. They inspire a unique musical response, something we really haven’t seen since then. Written by Richard Evans and Christian Swain Hosted and Produced by Christian Swain Sound Design by Jerry Danielsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr
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This is a amazing and well developed podcast talking about the long history of Rock n Roll and it's effect on culture and culture's effect on it. If you are a true lover of Rock, this is worth your time to listen to it all.

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