RockPopandRoll

About RockPopandRoll

A look at music that was rock, pop, and radio of the 1980's, with takes on the greatest, the worst, the underappreciated, and the burned. It's a deep dive into the retro greatness of the decade, at the intersection where rock music, pop music, power pop, guitars, drums, memorable tunes, and guilty pleasures come together.  Longtime radio rock DJ and music writer Rob Nichols hosts, along with his artist and writer friends, to dig into the music.

Publisher

rockforward

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 May 2020

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

86 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   I You Gave Rock and Roll Another Name, You Might Call It Chuck Berry / Ep. 85

   The title paraphrases something John Lennon once said about Chuck Berry.  For this episode, I wanted to pull some noted Chuck rock tracks and relisten, and also find some deeper cuts we don't always hear. The architect of rock and roll. He shaped the Beatles and Stones. Good enough?  If it was just that, yes. They influenced the next generation - and their own, too. A flawed person, in many ways deeply so, but also an artist.  How do we separate the art from the artist? We talk about it just a little, and hear a whole lot of Chuck Berry guitar.

2. 

   20 Sept 2026

   My Favorite Live Rock Albums / Ep. 84

   Man, there are a lot of great live albums.  Writing some notes before the podcast, I thought, "Well, there are a lot more terrific/memorable/important live records than I'm going to be able to do." Knowing the inherent imperfections of doing a podcast episode on the best live albums, we rock forward anyway.  Let the arguments begin.

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   New Music Releases We Love (and Some We Don't) / Ep. 83

   As September dawns, we listen to a slew of late summer new music from classic rockers, outlaw country icons, and 80s garage rock heroes. Some of it is great (talking about you, Ray Wylie Hubbard), and a couple are not, plus there's a surprise turnaround for a band that always seems a little bit too self-important for its own good - or mine. Intrigued? Me too. Let's rock.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

4,137

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

82

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