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A few years ago, Rolling Stone magazine polled its readers about what they considered the best rock cover of all time. Without question, the leader in the poll was Jimi Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s…

On our latest episode, we’re taking a road trip! Where are we going, you ask? We’ll be traveling through music! How will we get around? By following our musical roadmap, which we call musical form! A…

On this episode of Listen Up! we pull apart the threads that make up the texture of music and learn how musical texture can indicate what kind of culture you live in. We pay tribute to musical legend…

On our latest episode we’re taking a trip to Italy and talking about Tempo, Allegro, Andante, Adagio, Vivace, Piano, Forte, and Gravicembalo col Piano e Forte… all of the most delicious Italian parts…

Do, A Deer, A Female Deer...On this episode of Listen Up! we listen to lots of music that you probably already know - but you may find yourself hearing brand new things that you didn't realize were g…

What do Elvis, Snoop Dogg, and the Golden Girls have in common? Hear about this and more in this episode of Listen Up! where we take a look at Rhythm and Meter. We talk about back beats, down beats, …

Listen Up! A Podcast Series that shows you how to get more out of the music you love.On this episode we’re looking at one of the most important building blocks of music, melody. The melody is the mai…

Introducing Listen Up!A Podcast Series that shows you how to get more out of the music you love.Music is all around us – I know you hear it, but are you really listening?I’ll show you how to listen b…