Episode 4 – The British Invasion (Part 1)
In this installment of the Strange Currencies Podcast, Matt and Glenn are discussing the British Invasion; more specifically, they’ll be debatingRead More…
Author: Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan founded Strange Currencies Music in January 2020, and remains the site's editor-in-chief. The creator of the "A Century of Song" project and co-host of the "Strange Currencies Podcast," Matt enjoys a wide variety of genres, but has a particular affinity for 60s pop, 90s indie rock, and post-bop jazz. He is an avid collector of vinyl, and a multi-instrumentalist who has played/recorded with several different bands and projects.
A Century of Song: Part 51, 100 – 91
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…
A Century of Song: Part 50, 110 – 101
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…
Episode 3 – The Rolling Stone 500 (Part 2)
In this installment of the Strange Currencies Podcast, Matt and Glenn conclude their discussion of Rolling Stone’s recently-revised “500 GreatestRead More…
A Century of Song: Part 49, 120 – 111
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…
A Century of Song: Part 48, 130 – 121
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…
Phil Spector, 1939-2021
To be an obsessive fan of any artistic medium forces one to often wrestle with the “separating art from artist” argument. Pop music provides no mRead More…
Episode 2 – The Rolling Stone 500 (Part 1)
The second installment of the Strange Currencies Podcast finds Matt and Glenn discussing Rolling Stone’s recently-revised “500 Greatest Albums ofRead More…
A Century of Song: Part 47, 140 – 131
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…
A Century of Song: 2020 Addendum
While A Century of Song was created to commemorate the one hundred years of pop music released between 1920-2019, I’ve looked at the list as Read More…