Tag: Patrick Foster
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Episode 2325: ’90s Album Madness – 2nd Round, Listeners and Hosts Quadrants
Analysts Jason Goebel and Mike Kohli join Patrick to recap the second round in the Listeners Quadrant and preview the second round in the Hosts Quadrant.
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Episode 2323: Second Album Syndrome, Part Three
This week, we dive into a new series of episodes on the fabled Second Album Syndrome. As Patrick explains in the first episode, SAS is not a hot new band, but the challenge of following up a debut that was a critical or commercial success. In this episode, it’s more strong second albums, featuring Rainbow, Heart, Television, A Tribe Called Quest, Metallica and Beastie Boys.
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Episode 2321: Second Album Syndrome, Part Two
This week, we dive into a new series of episodes on the fabled Second Album Syndrome. As Patrick explains in the first episode, SAS is not a hot new band, but the challenge of following up a debut that was a critical or commercial success. While the first episode dealt with Patrick’s bad experience with SAS, part two focuses on a good experience: “Reckoning” following up “Murmur.”
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Episode 2320: Second Album Syndrome, Part One
This week, we dive into a new series of episodes on the fabled Second Album Syndrome. As Patrick explains in the first episode, SAS is not a hot new band, but the challenge of following up a debut that was a critical or commercial success. First up, we’ll hear about Patrick’s first encounter with SAS in the form of Men Without Hats.
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Episode 2319: ’90s Album Madness – Second Round, Sales and Critics Quadrants
Analyst Jason Goebel joins Jim and Patrick to recap the second round in the Sales Quadrant and preview the second round in the Critics Quadrant.
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Episode 2318: A Brief Tour of Patrick’s Shazam History
Patrick has been looking through the songs he identified with Shazam and he has questions… for himself.
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Episode 2314: January 2026 New Music 8: Imarhan
Patrick has rounded up the January 2026 New Music Train and is heading back to the depot to get it cleaned up, have the oil changed and given a wash and wax. On the way, he discusses the new album from Algerian group Imarhan.
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Episode 2305: ’90s Album Madness – First Round, Critics and Listener Quadrants
It’s time for a ’90s Albums Madness tournament update!
Analysts Jason Goebel and Mike Kohli join Jim and Patrick to recap the first round in the Critics Quadrant and preview the first round in the Listeners Quadrant.
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Episode 2304: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part Four: The Lasting Influence of Rev. Gary Davis
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career. In the final episode of the series, Kurt wraps up proceedings with some great tales of his interactions with some of the Rev.’s students and reveals how Davis protected himself. Big thanks once again to Kurt Gallagher.
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Episode 2301: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part One: Introducing Rev. Gary Davis
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career and we’ll start at the beginning, from his birth through his time playing Piedmont Blues around Durham, North Carolina.