Record Roulette: A Music Appreciation Podcast

We have an actress, Gia Mora, on the show this week, so it's the perfect time to mix film and music - what's the best musical performance in a film? Eamon, Nathan and Gia give their answers.Who would you like to see on VH1 Storytellers? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at @rrmusicpod.Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay.

We asked Gia Mora - actress, writer, musician and most prolific Record Roulette guest! - to pick an album and she went with... improvisational jazz? We're talking about John Coltrane's 1960 banger, "Giant Steps," which is on the Rolling Stone list at #232. During this episode we cover:What makes a jazz album good/badHow neophytes should prepare for their first f

Don't know anything about improvisational jazz? Don't worry, we're here to help fill a gap or two before our episode on John Coltrane's "Giant Steps," which turns up on the Rolling Stone list at #232.In this episode you will learn:the basic info about the albumits critical and commercial receptionwhy Rolling Stone thinks it's one of the greatest a

We asked Michael Simon to answer the following questions:What is your dream concert?Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with?What is your favourite album?Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves?What is one song you wish you could take credit for writing?Have questions? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram o

We have Michael Simon - creator of VH1 Storytellers - on the show, so we figured we'd ask him about... VH1 Storytellers. Specifically, we gave him a hypothetical - if the show came back today, who would you feature on it?Who would you like to see on VH1 Storytellers? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at @rrmusicpod.Music by lemonmusicstudio from Pixabay.

We asked all-star guest Michael Simon - the creator of VH1 Storytellers - to FINALLY pick an album that makes him happy, after previously chatting with us about The Cure, NWA and The Velvet Underground. This is what he picked - a "compilation" by semi-obscure punk rockers Buzzcocks, which comes in at #250 on the Rolling Stone list. On this episode we cover:Whether this is

Who were the Buzzcocks? What was a Buzzcock? Is Singles Going Steady a compilation album? Want answers to these questions? Check out our 101 about the Buzzcocks and their 1979 album, Singles Going Steady, which appears on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list at #250.In this episode you will learn:the basic info about the albumits critical and commercial receptionwhy Rolling S

We asked Alex Kinsella to answer the following questions:What is your dream concert?Who from the music world - dead or alive - would you most want to have a beer or coffee with?What is your favourite album?Which album doesn't get the credit or recognition it deserves?What is one song you wish you could take credit for writing?Have questions? Let us know on Twitter, Instagram o

If it's too loud you're too old! Music is at its most impactful when we're teenagers. It shapes our attitudes, opinions and even our groups of friends. We self-select who we want to be based on who we want to listen to. That made us wonder - what's the one album that resonated most with you as a teenager?It's a highly personal question that we asked our gue

We asked Alex Kinsella to pick an album from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest list and he went with a juvenile little disc called "Licensed to Ill" by the Beastie Boys, which just so happens to also be one of the most important albums in hip hop history. On this episode we cover:The group's unique place in the early days of hip hopCultural appropriation and why this al