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AMS/RRHoF Lecture: What Is The Modern Rock 500? – Counting Down the Evolution of Modern/Indie Rock & Independent Radio – Robin James

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

Every Memorial Day Weekend from 1989-2009, and from 2023 until who knows when, the Cincinnati-area independent (internet) radio stations WOXY and Inhailer broadcast a countdown of the top 500 songs in their library. Dubbed "The Modern Rock 500" in 1989 and renamed "The Indie 500" in 2024, the chart's contents can tell us a lot […]

“Vicariously Being There”: How The T.A.M.I. Show Invented the Concert Film

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

Whether we’re watching Stop Making Sense for the 100th time, catching The Eras Tour in a packed movie theater, or tuning into Coachella live on YouTube, today we take for granted that we can see live concerts recorded for screens big and small. But in the 1960s, there was no set answer to the question […]

The Golden Age of Latino Country: Ronstadt, Fender, and Rodriguez in the ’70s

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

This lecture by Nadine Hubbs revisits the music and machinations of country’s 1970s Latino prime and considers this moment in the context of the hundred-year history of Mexican American involvements and contributions in country music.

Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

In this AMS/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lecture to be held 9 April at 7:00 p.m. ET, DiPiero contextualizes the approach to studying indie rock before outlining some core examples from Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl.

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