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Rock n Roll History & Culture: Rock Talk Studio is hosted by Your Host: Big Rick. The show has published 138 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Las Vegas Sphere: Rock Evolution or Vegas Sellout?" (20 October 2026, 8 minutes), "How Do You Say Goodbye to Neil Peart?" (13 October 2026, 7 minutes), and "Did the New Gregg Allman Documentary Do Him Justice?" (6 October 2026, 9 minutes).
Rock n Roll History & Culture: Rock Talk Studio publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 11 minutes across 138 episodes.
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Episode #138
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Episode #137
Rush never really got the chance to say a proper public goodbye to Neil Peart after his passing in 2020. Between tour schedules, world events, and grief, that planned tribute seemed stalled—until now. In this episode, I...
Episode #136
Gregg Allman was one of rock’s great blues voices, but did the new documentary Music of My Soul really do his story justice? In this episode I break down what the film gets right, what makes it unique, and what longtime...
Episode #135
Before Hotel California became one of the biggest albums in rock history, the Eagles were already living inside the fame, money, pressure, and power struggles that helped create it. Today we dive into this new book...
Episode #134
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival brings some of the greatest guitar players in the world together for two nights. From legendary blues players to a new generation of guitar greats, we look back at more than 20...
Rock n Roll History & Culture: Rock Talk Studio
There’s a tucked-away place in Hollywood where rock stars have lived, disappeared, let loose, and made history since the 60s. This episode digs into the new documentary If These Walls Could Rock , the wild stories...
Episode #132
Martin Popoff’s new book Metallica: Album by Album takes a different approach to one of metal’s most analyzed catalogs. With insight from Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) Frank Bello (Anthrax) , Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest)...
Episode #131
Robyn Hitchcock has written a rock memoir unlike anything else I’ve read. His new book, Stranded in the Future , takes us through 1968–1978 in a strange, funny, surreal trip through songwriting, first crushes, musical...
Episode #130
Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears has written one of the most unusual rock memoirs I’ve ever read, one built around his lifelong fascination with astrology. I dig into Welcome to Your Life and whether the book works...
Episode #129
In this episode of Rock Talk Studio , I break down the three things that finally made Elvis "click" for me: The Colonel and the King : Why understanding the mysterious and relentless Colonel Tom Parker provided the...
Episode #128
This week on Rock Talk Studio, Big Rick reviews Jesse Malin’s Almost Grown and counts down some of the greatest New York City rock books ever written. From Patti Smith and Jim Carroll to Please Kill Me , discover the...
Episode #127
Rock n roll books usually follow a predictable path, but these five books go somewhere completely different. Today's show explores some of rock’s most unusual reads, featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Wolf, a forgotten...
Episode #125
Jeff Beck was a guitarist’s guitarist-a restless genius who could do things that even contemporaries like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix couldn't touch. But why did one of the top five greatest guitarists of...
Episode #124
Looking for that next great rock n roll documentary to dig into? Today it’s the Top 5 best rock n roll docs of 2026…so far. I've got one that take you inside the private collapse and comeback of a legend, one that gives...
Episode #123
Looking for your next great rock n' roll read? In this episode I rank the Top 5 best rock books of 2026 so far. From the definitive history of The Clash and The Rolling Stones to a fresh look at the grunge movement and...
Episode #122
Grunge is often told as a Seattle story. But Kim Thayil’s new memoir, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond , reveals a deeper and more personal look at how it all came together. In this...
Episode #121
Inspired by the news of Rush returning to the stage with drummer Anika Nilles, I take a look at the bands that managed to turn tragedy into a second life. But I’m going deeper than just a list. For every band I rank...
Episode #120
As The Clash approach their 50-year anniversary, a new essential book takes us back inside their mission, music, and mythology. And the deeper I got into it, the more I realized this isn't really a story about a punk...
Episode #119
Ozzy Osbourne may be coming back as an AI avatar, and the idea has everyone asking a very uncomfortable question: Is this a meaningful tribute, or has the rock legacy machine gone too far? This one gets into, fan...
Episode #118
Before you spend money on another rock ’n’ roll book, here's seven upcoming releases worth knowing about-from Van Halen, The Clash, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, Dave Mustaine, Paul Simon’s Graceland , and Soundgarden’s Kim...
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