Frank Jackson and Stephen Lee love music almost as much as they love talking and debating it. As “The Distinguished Critics”, they’re now pitting timeless and polarizing albums against each other. From funk and hip hop to classics and flops, this show has you covered.

Beginning in 1979, the Reagan decade is counted down with each years pop hits, underground club classics, and obscure gems. Youll start with the genres block party roots in the South Bronx with Grandmaster Flash and work your way through its mainstream acceptance with Run D.M.C. and LL Cool J. Get ready for the boombox breakdance era of early rap in New York City. Its the History of Hip-Hop: The 80s. After a tour of the 80s, the crew digs into the genre as it becomes a pop culture phenomenom ...

Conversations From The Music Of The Beach The South is the birthplace of the best in American music, from the Blues and Jazz, to Gospel and Country Music, to Rhythm & Blues and Trop-Rock. Indeed, the full soundtrack of the South echoes from the mountains to the sea and crosses all genres of American music. Across the Carolinas and Virginia, and farther south into Georgia and Florida, thousands of music-lovers with a soul for a certain carefree coastal lifestyle congregate to celebrate someth ...