Sound Opinions Episodes
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Weekly episodes of Sound Opinions.
Sound Opinions is your one-stop-shop for smart and engaging music criticism and conversation. Each week hosts and nationally respected rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis talk about pop culture and music industry news, interview artists and bands, review new record releases and highlight their all-time favorite rock and roll. And, because on Sound Opinions, "everyone's a critic," listeners are invited to join in the debate.
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This week, hosts Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis talk with the director of the documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President about how Carter chang...
- Added: Apr 27, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with director Mary Harron about her films American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol, Charlie Says and he...
- Added: May 04, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share favorite songs about the end of the world from artists ranging from Johnny Cash to Fishbone. They're also jo...
- Added: May 10, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Since 2003, Numero Group has championed talented, overshadowed artists across genres by reissuing their albums with care and creativity. Hosts Jim ...
- Added: May 18, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot host blues singer Shemekia Copeland for a live performance and interview. She performs stripped down arrangements ...
- Added: May 25, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some new music that’s flying underneath the mainstream radar - buried treasures! They’ll also hea...
- Added: Jun 01, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome author RJ Smith back to the show to discuss his new book on Chuck Berry. The hosts also pay tribute to Tin...
- Added: Jun 08, 2023
- Length: 54:00
On the occasion of his new documentary and album with the 400 Unit, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk to guitarist, singer and songwriter Jason...
- Added: Jun 14, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with director Lisa Cortés about her documentary, "Little Richard: I Am Everything." The film is full of elect...
- Added: Jun 22, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a classic album dissection of the best-selling album of 1973, War’s “The World Is a Ghetto.” They talk wit...
- Added: Jun 29, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late Cynthia Weil, one half of the songwriting duo Mann & Weil, famous for writing t...
- Added: Jul 05, 2023
- Length: 54:00
The year 2023 is more than halfway over, and there has already been a plethora of exciting, inspired and relevant new releases. Hosts Jim DeRogatis...
- Added: Jul 10, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Bill Withers is beloved for writing classics like Lean On Me, but Greg Kot has long contended that Withers’ best album is Live at Carnegie Hall. Th...
- Added: Jul 19, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot interview author Mark Guarino about his new book, "Country and Midwestern," which details Chicago's role in the de...
- Added: Jul 26, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot bid farewell to the late singer, songwriter and activist Sinéad O’Connor, who recently died at age 56. Jim and Gre...
- Added: Aug 01, 2023
- Length: 54:00
In the largely white landscape of ‘80s and ‘90s rock, Living Colour stood out with their electrifying riffs, genre blending sound and political lyr...
- Added: Aug 10, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some new music that’s flying underneath the mainstream radar - buried treasures! They’ll also hea...
- Added: Aug 17, 2023
- Length: 54:00
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with journalist and author Lior Phillips about the rich and vibrant popular music of South Africa.
- Added: Aug 24, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share some of their favorite songs about work in honor of Labor Day. They also review the new album from Big Freed...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 54:00
In early ‘80s California, a new kind of music was brewing that blended the psychedelic sounds of the '60s with the modern day post-punk ethos. This...
- Added: Sep 07, 2023
- Length: 54:00
