This a podcast made by Dutch music journalist Peter Schavemaker.
In this podcast you can hear an extensive and in-depth interview with author Peter Ames Carlin about his new book Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince.
In Sonic Boom Carlin describes how Warner Bros. Records became a hip and rock ‘n’ roll record label and most successful record label in the history of the American music industry. Plus you can read in the book about the success story of label president Mo Ostin.
In this podcast we talk about how Warner Bros. Records signed record deals with The Kinks, the Grateful Dead, Van Dyke Parks, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Madonna, George Harrison, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, and dozens of others.
Peter Ames Carlin is a New York Times bestselling music biographer who published earlier about the careers of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Beach Boys, and Paul Simon.
Sonic Boom was published on January 19, 2021.
This 1 hour 45 minute podcast is English spoken.