53 episodes

KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season! Co-hosts Novena Carmel (KCRW) and Michael Barnes (KCRW / KPFK / Artform Radio) guide you through eight wildly different and deeply human stories, each set against the kaleidoscopic backdrop of LA’s soul and R&B scene of the 1950s-1970s.

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KCRW’s acclaimed music documentary podcast, Lost Notes, is back for its fourth season! Co-hosts Novena Carmel (KCRW) and Michael Barnes (KCRW / KPFK / Artform Radio) guide you through eight wildly different and deeply human stories, each set against the kaleidoscopic backdrop of LA’s soul and R&B scene of the 1950s-1970s.

    Go with the Flow: Community, Virality, and the Politics of Dancing

    Go with the Flow: Community, Virality, and the Politics of Dancing

    Lost Notes presents a story about Soul Train, the Slauson Shuffle, and what’s lost – and found – when a regional dance suddenly belongs to the world.

    • 36 min
    Places & Spaces: The Mizell Brothers’ LA Alchemy

    Places & Spaces: The Mizell Brothers’ LA Alchemy

    Lost Notes introduces a pair of brothers - one from NASA, the other from Motown - who launched an entire musical universe from their Hollywood Hills hideout.

    • 41 min
    Kendrick Lamar and the big samples (from “Switched on Pop”)

    Kendrick Lamar and the big samples (from “Switched on Pop”)

    Lost Notes returns with a brand new episode next Wednesday. To tide you over, we’re featuring a deep dive into Kendrick Lamar’s 2022 album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers from our friends at Switched on Pop.

    • 28 min
    Viva Tirado: The South/East LA Connection

    Viva Tirado: The South/East LA Connection

    Lost Notes explores how the song “Viva Tirado” exemplifies the inter-generational musical conversation between LA’s Black and Brown communities.

    • 22 min
    My Lady’s Frustration: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

    My Lady’s Frustration: How Fela Kuti Found Afrobeat in LA

    Lost Notes explores how Fela Kuti’s time in LA in 1969 was instrumental in the creation of his legendary Afrobeat sound.

    • 29 min
    Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie

    Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie

    Lost Notes details the darkly hilarious schemes of record-label magnate Ruth Christie, who instigated one of the most absurd court cases in music history.

    • 32 min

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