Mar 29, 2022
Today's documentary is jeen-yuhs, about Kanye West, released in 2022, directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah. For this episode we are joined by Very Special Guest and OG Rock Docker Nick McCann. Talk with him about Kanye @nicholas_mccann
"jeen-yuhs" is a 4.5 hour long, 3 part series about (Parts 1 & 2) the early,...
Mar 22, 2022
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
Today's documentary is Summer of Soul, released in 2021, directed by Oscar nominee (as of this episode's release) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.
Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Mavis Staples, what more do you need to know?
Plus: Rock Docs that...
Mar 15, 2022
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
Today's documentary is Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, released in 2019, directed by Daniel Roher.
For this episode we are joined by a Very Special Guest: Eamon O'Flynn, host of Record Roulette Podcast, which can be found on Twitter @rrmusicpod
Once Were...
Mar 8, 2022
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
Today's documentary is The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee "Scratch" Perry, about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 2011, directed by Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough.
Is Lee Perry one of the 10 most inflential musicians of the 20th century? Can we get...
Mar 1, 2022
Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
Today's documentary is Runnin' Down a Dream, about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 2007, directed by the late, great Peter Bogdanovich.
Is Runnin' Down a Dream the first example of Peak Rock Doc? Or is the genre still in its nascent phase? Does Dave Grohl...