Let It Roll Originals
The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience
Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter era
Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio
Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more
Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene
The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk
The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe
Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn’t
Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down
Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock
From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With “I Feel Love”
Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash
Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s
The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London
Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts
Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom
The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist
The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno’s Ambient Music
Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who
How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX
Let Motown Roll
We Dig VH1’s Metal Evolution
Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
TechnoRoll
Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaata Invent Hip-Hop
Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage
Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub
Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond
We Dig Rock Docs
Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez and Flaco Jimenez
The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash
ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock
Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person”
We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution: The Foundation
CountryRoll (Ken Burns’ Country Music)
CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton’s Pop-Crossover
CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr. & Mrs. Country Music