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In the 70s, We Got Married. In the 80s, We Got Divorced.
On the rise of the divorce ballads in the 1980s
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Jeff Takacs
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The Thin Side of Heavy
Journalist Tim Riley takes us on a tour of Led Zeppelin's catalog
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Tim Riley
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Needles in Haystacks: The Lostwave Story
In one internet subculture, people desperately try to find the origins of songs without attribution. Sometimes they strike gold. Sometimes they get lost…
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Hey Jude, Are Song Titles Showing Up Later?
Chris Gunther stops by to investigate an unexpected song-titling trend
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Why Archival Releases Fascinate Me (and Should Fascinate You Too)
Reveling in the buried treasure of outtakes, studio chatter and other previously-unreleased goodies
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Why AllMusic Broke Up with Bryan Adams
Trying to determine exactly why Bryan Adams no longer has a presence in the all-encompassing music industry database AllMusic.
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Ernie Smith
10
Record Store Chafes
Because the customer isn't ALWAYS right
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Chris Dalla Riva
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Dan Epstein
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How Have One-Hit Wonders Changed Over Time?
Daniel Parris returns to Can't Get Much Higher for a deep dive on one hit wonders.
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Daniel Parris
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Avril Lavigne and the Future of Musical Translation
In 2007, Avril Lavigne released her hit song "Girlfriend" in 7 languages. George Ball chronicles how this might have been a harbinger for a larger…
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George Ball
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When Jessica Simpson Said My Name
In a bizarre marketing scheme, Jessica Simpson once released 500 versions of her song “A Public Affair.” Two decades later, they can't be found…
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Chris Dalla Riva
14
Every Song Bob Dylan Has Ever Played Live
I worked with Ray Padgett of Flagging Down the Double E's to analyze every Bob Dylan setlist in the last 60 years.
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Chris Dalla Riva
The Medium is the Message: Changes in Popular Music Since the 1950s
Stat Significant takes over Can't Get Much Higher to show us how radically popular music has changed over the last few decades.
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Chris Dalla Riva
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