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Text, Prose & RocknRoll

Text, Prose & RocknRoll is the only podcast dedicated to the documented account of musicians, rock biographers, and documentarians. A MUST for fans of Fresh Air & Behind the Music. Hosted by Emmy nominated Music Journalist, Kris Kosach.

Writing Show Film Documentary Rock Music History Radio Progressive Music Interviews News Entertainment News Society & Culture Pop Culture Books
Update frequency
every 11 days
Average duration
26 minutes
Episodes
62
Years Active
2020 - 2024
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Track 22 - Nonbinary: A Memoir

Track 22 - Nonbinary: A Memoir

LINER NOTES: 

On this track of Text, Prose & RockNRoll, Kris sits down with Genesse P-Orridge & Ryan Martin,  daughter and manager of Throbbing Gristle's Genesis P-Orridge, to talk about their new boo…

00:27:37  |   Tue 14 Sep 2021
Fireside Chat  - B-Side: Filmmaker Chelsea Christer of Bleeding Audio

Fireside Chat - B-Side: Filmmaker Chelsea Christer of Bleeding Audio

Kris & Producer Char welcome back to the program, and for the first time on the Fireside Chat app, friend of the show, Chelsea Christer. She joins them live to talk about Bleeding Audio, it's upcomin…

00:26:51  |   Tue 07 Sep 2021
Track 21: Bobby Rush

Track 21: Bobby Rush

On this episode of Text Prose & RockNRoll, Kris chats with the legendary Bobby Rush.  Mr. Rush, whose outlook on life after years playing in Blues clubs from Louisiana to Chicago, and more recently i…

00:33:10  |   Mon 06 Sep 2021
Fireside Chat - Welcome Back, Matt Pinfield

Fireside Chat - Welcome Back, Matt Pinfield

 

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About the Podcast: 

‘TEXT PROSE AND ROCK N ROLL’- is the only podcast…

00:51:58  |   Fri 13 Aug 2021
Text Prose & RocknRoll Special: Protest Songs & Songs for our Times

Text Prose & RocknRoll Special: Protest Songs & Songs for our Times

In this special Rock Talk Drop, we sample some of the recent (2020-2021) songs that best speak to our world today, as curated by Kris Kosach.  

Forget the protest songs of the past. 2020 and 2021 have…

00:05:51  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
Track 20: Director Rob Roth on Blondie

Track 20: Director Rob Roth on Blondie

On this track, Kris and director Rob Roth talk about the short documentary, Blondie: Vivir En La Habana, on the heels of it's premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival

Learn about Rob's friendsh…

00:23:21  |   Mon 12 Jul 2021
Fireside Chat  - B-Side: Filmmaker & Journalist Suzanne Joe Kai

Fireside Chat - B-Side: Filmmaker & Journalist Suzanne Joe Kai

Kris & Producer Char welcome their first official guest to their Fireside Chat conversations, filmmaker & journalist Suzanne Joe Kai, who debuted her documentary film, Like A Rolling Stone: The Life …

00:24:01  |   Mon 05 Jul 2021
Fireside Chat - FEEDBCK: Most Offensive Songs

Fireside Chat - FEEDBCK: Most Offensive Songs

Kris & Producer Char chat again with the Fireside Chat gang, this time talking about songs both past and present that we may love, but are offensive or run very fine lines of what is acceptable today…

00:35:57  |   Mon 28 Jun 2021
Track 19: Vinyl Nation

Track 19: Vinyl Nation

The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format and transformed our idea of a record collector: younger, both male and female, multicultural. This same revi…

00:20:33  |   Thu 10 Jun 2021
Rock Talk: Bingeworthy Music books and Docs for Memorial Day Weekend

Rock Talk: Bingeworthy Music books and Docs for Memorial Day Weekend

This time Char & Kris outline the best books and music documentaries to read and watch over the weekend. All are available for download, or to stream. No need to leave the house!  From the best music…

00:15:31  |   Fri 28 May 2021
Fireside Music Chat - Music Awards: Secrets & Snubs

Fireside Music Chat - Music Awards: Secrets & Snubs

Last week, Kris & Producer Char dropped their first Fireside Chat TPR Episode, where they talked about the 2021 inductee class into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This week, they continue the conver…

01:00:31  |   Fri 21 May 2021
Rock Talk: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2021

Rock Talk: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2021

Kris, Producer Char and friends jump on their favorite new platform to chat about the newest recruits into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021. 

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We love to hear from you and yes, Text prose & RocknR…

00:23:15  |   Sat 15 May 2021
Ma Rainey's

Ma Rainey's "Shave 'Em Dry"

MA RAINEY, the Mother of the Blues, has been credited for coining the term "The Blues", the genre that Rock and Roll is based on. She was among the first women to ever record music, and some scholars…

00:05:44  |   Wed 05 May 2021
B Side: How to sell a music documentary

B Side: How to sell a music documentary

Kris again visit with filmmaker Chelsea Christer to find out how one gets their music documentary into film festivals, theaters and the hearts of music fans everywhere. 

00:21:34  |   Fri 30 Apr 2021
Where we've been and what's coming up

Where we've been and what's coming up

SXSW. Willie Nelson. And a very exciting announcement of a very very exciting announcement. If you haven't listened recently, this is the episode to listen to. 

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We love to hear from you and yes, Tex…

00:11:54  |   Sat 24 Apr 2021
Track 18: SXSW 2021 - Willie Nelson

Track 18: SXSW 2021 - Willie Nelson

Country legend Willie Nelson ahs been on the move delighting audiences for 65 years...that is, until a worldwide pandemic shut down his tour. And yet, the country music legend couldn't be busier - wi…

00:10:18  |   Fri 16 Apr 2021
Track 17: Bleeding Audio or Digital Killed the Analog Star

Track 17: Bleeding Audio or Digital Killed the Analog Star

The Matches should have been as huge as 311, Blink182 and Bad Religion - all bands they were associated with. Only in their case, as they were coming up in music, something ugly was going down...

It w…

00:40:24  |   Wed 07 Apr 2021
Track 16: Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

Track 16: Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

From the dawn of rock and roll and even before there have been female artists. Women like Ma Rainey pushed the envelope with the Dirty Blues and musicians like Sister Rosette Tharpe have been recogni…

00:24:29  |   Wed 24 Mar 2021
Track 15: Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos

Track 15: Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos

Liner Notes:

Long Live Rock...Celebrate the Chaos is a documentary that honors perhaps thee most important person in music bar none: the audience. 
In this episode, we'll hear from no shortage of stars…

00:37:21  |   Tue 09 Mar 2021
Track 14: Hardcore Punk

Track 14: Hardcore Punk

Liner Notes: 

This time on Text Prose & RocknRoll, Kris is joined by author Nancy Barile who was front and center at the dawning of American Hardcore Punk. Her experience is the subject of her new mem…

00:41:00  |   Tue 16 Feb 2021
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