Ranked #1
London Calling: The Clash's Great Rebellion
London Calling: The Clash's Great Rebellion
The Opus is getting lost in the supermarket for its sixth season. The Clash were at a crossroads in 1979. The first wave... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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28mins
Ranked #2
Electric Ladyland: The Deification of Jimi Hendrix
Electric Ladyland: The Deification of Jimi Hendrix
Host Ernest Wilkins is joined by rock critics Corbin Reiff and Dan Hyman to unpack the mythology surrounding Electric La... Read more
10 Jan 2019
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22mins
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Red Headed Stranger: Willie Nelson's Outlaw Rebirth
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The Opus is heading to Texas. Willie Nelson has reached that true iconic status in American culture that very few people... Read more
19 Sep 2019
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22mins
Ranked #4
Blizzard of Ozz: The Prince of Darkness Finds Unlikely Shelter
Blizzard of Ozz: The Prince of Darkness Finds Unlikely Shelter
Warning: The Opus is about to get loud. Ozzy Osbourne wasn't always The Prince of Darkness. It was a long and twisted jo... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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25mins
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Ranked #5
Blizzard of Ozz: The Unexpected Influence of Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz: The Unexpected Influence of Ozzy Osbourne
The Opus is in the thick of the Blizzard now. Tracing the influence of Ozzy Osbourne leads to some strange and wonderful... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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25mins
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London Calling: Radio Clash's Timeless Transmissions
London Calling: Radio Clash's Timeless Transmissions
The Opus has one more lesson about The Clash. The same curiosity that drove the English rockers to discover new genres o... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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32mins
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London Calling: Clash of the Cultures
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The Opus can't fail with The Clash. The diversity of influences on London Calling go way beyond reggae and dub. In fact,... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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31mins
Ranked #8
Bitches Brew: The Importance of Challenging Music
Bitches Brew: The Importance of Challenging Music
Jazz can often be seen as a genre that challenges listeners, but one of the greatest jazz records of all time -- Miles D... Read more
19 Mar 2020
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36mins
Ranked #9
Red Headed Stranger: The Wonderful World of Willie
Red Headed Stranger: The Wonderful World of Willie
The Opus is moseying on outta Texas. Wild horses, weed at the White House, the war in Iraq, and the weird web that ties ... Read more
3 Oct 2019
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26mins
Ranked #10
Red Headed Stranger: Betting It All on Being Different
Red Headed Stranger: Betting It All on Being Different
The Opus is still in Texas. What does Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger have in common with Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtr... Read more
26 Sep 2019
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23mins
Ranked #11
Blood on the Tracks: How Dylan Birthed Bootleg Culture
Blood on the Tracks: How Dylan Birthed Bootleg Culture
From The Basement Tapes to the mythical sessions that would become the just released More Blood, More Tracks collection ... Read more
7 Dec 2018
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30mins
Ranked #12
Blizzard of Ozz: The People vs. Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz: The People vs. Ozzy Osbourne
The Opus is out of the Blizzard and on Capitol Hill. Long before he was a teddy bear on reality TV, Ozzy Osbourne was se... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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31mins
Ranked #13
Grace: Post-Gender, Post-Genre: The Voice of Jeff Buckley
Grace: Post-Gender, Post-Genre: The Voice of Jeff Buckley
The Opus returns to dig into the mythos of the late Jeff Buckley. In his time, Buckley rose to fame amidst the prime of ... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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35mins
Ranked #14
Blood on the Tracks: Evaluating Dylan's Cinematic Legacy
Blood on the Tracks: Evaluating Dylan's Cinematic Legacy
Host Paula Mejía is joined by film critics, Monica Castillo and Jordan Hoffman to unpack Dylan’s performances on the sil... Read more
30 Nov 2018
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34mins
Ranked #15
Electric Ladyland: The Studio Wizardry of Hendrix
Electric Ladyland: The Studio Wizardry of Hendrix
Insights from writer Dan Epstein as well as early Electric Ladyland takes highlight the fascinating ways Hendrix let his... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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16mins
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Electric Ladyland: The Enduring Legacy of Hendrix
Electric Ladyland: The Enduring Legacy of Hendrix
Decades after his tragic death in 1970, Jimi Hendrix continues to inspire countless souls. From the elusive Hendrix chor... Read more
31 Jan 2019
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21mins
Ranked #17
Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Bridge to Beyoncé
Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Bridge to Beyoncé
The Opus is halfway across the Bridge. What does Alex Jones, Beyoncé's Lemonade, and Simon and Garfunkel have in common?... Read more
20 Feb 2020
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31mins
Ranked #18
Grace: Buckley and Grace After Death
Grace: Buckley and Grace After Death
The Opus continues its season surrounding the late Jeff Buckley. Posthumous fame and legacy have been contentious subjec... Read more
22 Aug 2019
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28mins
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Electric Ladyland: The Cinematic Immortality of Hendrix
Electric Ladyland: The Cinematic Immortality of Hendrix
From Easy Rider to Forrest Gump and Wayne's World to Woodstock, the legacy of Jimi Hendrix has certainly been aided by t... Read more
24 Jan 2019
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32mins
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Bridge Over Troubled Water: Sailing with Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water: Sailing with Simon and Garfunkel
The Opus is crossing a bridge into its seventh season. All good things come to an end, and that is certainly the case fo... Read more
13 Feb 2020
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32mins
