Linda Diaz explores the global phenomenon of Sierreño music through the lens of Gen Z musicians. She sits down with the Latin Grammy-nominated band Yahritza Y Su Esencia a band poised to take the Sierreno genre to new heights with their fresh perspective and unique sound. In Watsonville, CA, Linda […]
For a brief moment in the late 90s and early 2000s, Nu Metal ruled the airwaves. With releases such as KoRn’s Follow the Leader, Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other and Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory, the genre had commercial clout, but critically fared less well. However if you were a teenager at […]
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & Tik Tok: @moremiddle8 We all know Nirvana, right? They brought alternative rock to the mainstream with their groundbreaking album “Nevermind” and the iconic single “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But what if I told you that Nirvana actually stole their sound from another band? In […]
Blue Monday was a joke. A mistake. New Order never intended for the song to be a hit. In this week’s episode of Poetic Wax, Andy pulls out the 1988 pressing of Blue Monday. This is the surprising history of the song that blended alt rock, new wave, and electronic […]
At first, Blur were a band that prided themselves on their Britishness. They wrote keenly observational pop songs about 18-30 Holidays, The Shipping Forecast, Sunday Lunch and the Quiet Frustrations of Everyday British Life. In Britain, it made them heroes. But in the US they were nobodies. So it was […]
Music streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music have people listening to more types of music than ever before. But have algorithm-based recommendations made it harder to make strong connections with that music? In this episode, Linda Diaz chats with Derrick Gee, a music lover with an online following, to […]
On the 30th Anniversary of Purple by Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland’s widow set the record straight about the legendary STP and Velvet Revolver frontman: He didn’t overdose. This is an alternate look at Scott Weiland’s death, and how Jamie Weiland feels we have it all wrong. 💡 Subscribe For […]
1984 was a particularly flamboyant year for British Pop. “Relax” overcame its radio ban to spend five weeks at UK number one. George Michael alluded to his future solo aspirations with “Careless Whisper.” Pete Burns’ Dead Or Alive proved the combination of Hi NRG and Stock Aitken Waterman equalled chart-success. […]
Watch Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/rock-the-boat-nxxaev/ From Charli XCX’s Brat to Beyonce’s Renaissance and even Donna Summer, you can’t listen to dance music without hearing the “four-on-the-floor” beat. Dive into the beat that changed dance music forever with hosts Jojo Lorenzo and Linda Diaz as they explore […]
On the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s passing and the new release by Jack White, Andy Fenstermaker digs into his record collection to tell the story of how White acquired Elvis’s first ever recording. He looks at the history of the recording, recounting the story and how Elvis landed his first […]
