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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 […]

AMS/LoC Lecture: Heard on the Small Screen: Music in Jack Arnold’s and Henry Mancini’s Episodes of Peter Gunn – Reba Wissner

Pickford Theater, James Madison Building Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Best known for his science fiction films, Jack Arnold also directed television episodes in different genres, not only science fiction but also westerns, comedies, and detective shows.  Among all of his television works, Peter Gunn provides an important example because this is the first television series that has an original score rather than library music for every […]

AMS/LoC Lecture: Recovering the Extraordinary Life and Songs of Carrie Jacobs-Bond – Christopher Reynolds

Montepelier Room, James Madison Memorial Building 101,1199 Independent Ave SE, Washington, DC, United States

Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1861-1946) was the most successful songwriter – male or female – in the first half of the 20th century. Her most popular songs sold millions of copies of sheet music and records and were sung around the world, translated into dozens of languages. Critics often thought of her music either as “semi-classical,” as […]