Rock School - 08/23/26 (Show 1000 - The Final Show)
"This is the final Rock School show. We felt 1000 shows was a good number to end on since Tammy and I are retiring at the end of this year....
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Rock School
Dr. Joe Burns and Beth West host an insightful and energetic showcase of the music, history and culture of rock-n-roll
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20 of 994 episodesRock School - 08/16/26 (The Widow Maker Album Show 999)
"This is the second to last Rock School show and I'm using it to pitch my 4th album, Widow Maker, which went live last week on Spotify and A...
Rock School - 08/09/26 (My Top 30 - 2nd to Last Show)
"Every list of the best bands contains the same bands in the top 20 so I made a new list. I looked at several best band lists and eliminated...
Rock School - 08/02/26 (Retirement 3rd to Last Show)
"Tammy and I have decided to retire from our jobs and also from creating the Rock School Radio show. I know this is the 744th show on PRX bu...
Rock School - 07/26/26 (Songs of a Generation)
"For an experiment, I denoted the last ten generations and attempted to define the song of their generation. Some were easy and some quite d...
Rock School - 07/19/26 (Yet More Conspiracy Theories)
"I was talking about the Paul is Dead conspiracy theory in class one day and the students began asking me if I knew about THIS theory. And t...
Rock School - 07/12/26 (Unexpected Solos)
"When you listen to Van Halen or Extreme or Steely Dan you expect a great guitar solo. The point of this show is to offer some examples of t...
Rock School - 07/05/26 (The Audience Walked Out)
"Back on May 31st Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson chided an audience for chanting USA. Much of the audience then walked out. I wondered...
Rock School - 06/28/26 (The Fender Copyright Lawsuit)
"The new owners of Fender since 2020 are attempting to own the copyright on the Stratocaster body. A German court has taken them part of the...
Rock School - 06/21/26 (Court Ordered Albums)
"It is no secret that music contracts can be rather brutal on artists. Often the stories focus on not getting paid but there is also the int...
Rock School - 06/14/26 (Music Rights Funds)
"Sony Music Publishing confirmed an agreement to acquire Blackstone’s Recognition Music Group catalog for $3.5 billion. The Red Hot Chili Pe...
Rock School - 06/07/26 (NYT 30 Greatest American Songwriters)
"The New York Times released their 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters list a short while ago. I know online lists usually have some cli...
Rock School - 05/31/26 (Blue Dot Fever)
"Many summer tours are having to scale back or cancel altogether. The nickname given to this practice is Blue Dot Fever. It is named after t...
Rock School - 05/24/26 (Steel Drums)
"This is a requested topic from a friend. He wondered if we had ever discussed steel drums. We had not so we did a show. We have some histor...
Rock School - 05/17/26 (Live Nation Monopoly Ruling)
"On April 16 2026 A federal jury in Manhattan found that Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation have been acting as a monopoly. The...
Rock School - 05/10/26 (Recording Mistakes)
"Just a bit of fun this week. Nobody is perfect so it is pretty easy to hear mistakes in recorded music. Here are some of the big ones in ro...
Rock School - 05/03/26 (The 2026 IFPI Report)
"The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has released its 2026 State of the Industry Report. There are some pretty big tak...
Rock School - 04/26/26 (After Spotify)
"The former head of Interscope and Geffen records Jimmie Ivine said that streaming has had its time. Spotify will see its demise soon. Wheth...
Rock School - 04/19/26 (Genre Insults)
"I found a cheeky online piece where the author was using funny put downs to describe some popular bands. Tourist Rock. Ring Tone Rap. Yallt...
Rock School - 04/12/26 (Just One Piece of a Song)
"I ran across an article that listed three songs that people listen to only to wait for just that one section. It mentioned the drum break i...