Thanks for checking out the “The Music Challenge Podcast”: where we propose a musical question with a different answer for everyone. In this first season, we are asking for Your Formative Four, the most influential albums from your past. Not just your past, but your way-back past like high school. What were the seeds that sprouted into your current musical tastes. We'll be talking about our formative albums and we invite you to join us on "The Music Challenge Podcast."

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Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual is the subject of this musically power packed episode. This album features some of the best music Jane's Addiction ever released and we're celebrating it through our eyes.

Jason Isbell - Southeastern is the subject of The Music Challenge podcast as we salute thye Americana genre. Isbell is one of the master's of contemporary songwriting and his album Southeastern is a prime example. Born out of rock, folk, and country, Americana has found a solid listenership amongst huge amounts of fans.

Come for the music. Stay for the conversation.

Kid A by Radiohead is the subject of The Music Challenge Podcast as we plunge into this smash hit that changed the musical landscape for good. Radiohead had become big stadium rock, so listen at how they achieved such an intimate and personal album.

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Tame Impala - Innerspeaker is the subject of this BONUS episode of The Music Challenge Podcast recorded in the summer of 2021. Listen as our crew analyzes the Australian superstar Kevin Parker and his first groundbreaking, blissed out album "Innerspeaker.

Come for the music. Stay for the conversation of four dudes who just love music and presenting these albums to you.

Phish's - A Live One is the special subject of this extended The Music Challenge Podcast. Listen to the enthusiasm of our hosts as we investigate Phish's first live release. Lot's of music and Phish lore as our hosts relate what this album meant to them.

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Reggae pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry's career is the subject of this week's The Music Challenge Podcast. Hear some great music from the man who shaped the reggae's original sound, invented sampling, and the mixing board. He's worked with the Beastie Boys and The Clash just to name a few acts.

You don't want to miss the story of Jamaica's "Disrupter".

The Beastie Boy's album Check Your Head is the subject of this episode of The Music Challenge Podcast.

Delve into these groundbreaking beats and rhymes while checking out some of the most timeless music in hip hop. With the addition of keyboardist Money Mark, The Beastie Boys unleashed their new sound on an unsuspecting public in 1992 with an album that holds up extremely well after thirty years.