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What Do Billboard Hit Songs Have in Common?

What Do Billboard Hit Songs Have in Common?

Season 1 Episode 18
10:48
How to Get a 10/10 on The Needle Drop

How to Get a 10/10 on The Needle Drop

Season 1 Episode 19
13:14
What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like?

What Does Electric Pow Wow Sound Like?

Season 1 Episode 20
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Is Blues the Mother of All Modern Music?

Is Blues the Mother of All Modern Music?

Season 1 Episode 21
11:35
From the Church to the Charts: The Influence of Gospel Music

From the Church to the Charts: The Influence of Gospel Music

Season 1 Episode 22
15:57
Why Don't Classical Musicians Improvise?

Why Don't Classical Musicians Improvise?

Season 1 Episode 23
11:40
Behind the Seductive Rhythm of Bachata

Behind the Seductive Rhythm of Bachata

Season 1 Episode 24
9:29
Where is the Funk? How Prince Created the Minneapolis Sound

Where is the Funk? How Prince Created the Minneapolis Sound

Season 1 Episode 25
11:27
Why K-Pop Is More Complex Than You Think

Why K-Pop Is More Complex Than You Think

Season 1 Episode 26
10:15
Wait... Where Did Dubstep Go?

Wait... Where Did Dubstep Go?

Season 1 Episode 27
8:56
What It's Like Busking in the NYC Subway

What It's Like Busking in the NYC Subway

Season 1 Episode 28
17:47
How To Make a Living as a Drummer with LA Buckner

How To Make a Living as a Drummer with LA Buckner

Season 1 Episode 29
8:10
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It's Time to Rethink the Banjo

Season 1 Episode 17

The banjo was, at one time, the most popular instrument in America, with tens of thousands manufactured and sold between 1910 and 1930. Nahre talks to Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn to discover the origins of the banjo as an African and Middle Eastern instrument.
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How to Make a Sad Song
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Season 1 Episode 2
How to Make a Sad Song
Someone grab the tissues. What is it about a sad song that makes it sound sad?
How James Brown Invented Funk
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Season 1 Episode 1
How James Brown Invented Funk
Get on up! What is it about James Brown's music that makes it sound so funky?
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