Dustbin Prophecies

"Fallin' Rain" by Link Wray

Before distortion became the language of rock and roll Link Wray discovered its power. With “Rumble” he created one of the most influential guitar sounds in music histor

"Duchess" by Scott Walker

In 1969, Scott Walker released what many now consider his masterpiece. Almost nobody noticed.  This week on Dustbin Prophecies, we trace the remarkable journey of Noel S

"Gonna Move" by Paul Pena (Part 2 of 2)

For nearly three decades, one of the greatest albums you never heard sat trapped on a shelf. Meanwhile, the man who made it lost his sight, watched another artist turn hi

"Gonna Move" by Paul Pena (Part 1 of 2)

A lost album. A forgotten release. A song that seems to already understand the shape of the life it belongs to. In Part One of Dustbin Prophecies, we follow Paul Pena fr

"Big Bird" by Eddie Floyd

In this episode of Dustbin Prophecies, we explore the haunting soul classic “Big Bird” by Eddie Floyd—a song born from the devastating loss of Otis Redding in 1967. Writ

"Red Cadillac and A Black Moustache"

A jealous question. A vivid image. And a story that never quite confirms itself. In this episode of Dustbin Prophecies, we explore Warren Smith’s “Red Cadillac and a Bla

"Dark Was The Night - Cold Was the Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson

In 1927, gospel-blues preacher Blind Willie Johnson recorded two songs in a temporary studio in Dallas that would echo across the next century. On one side of the record:

"Which Side Are You On?" by Pete Seeger

What happens when a song stops being entertainment and starts being a call to make a stand? In this episode of Dustbin Prophecies, we trace the story of “Which Side Are

"Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea" by The Boswell Sisters

In 1931, as America sank deeper into the Great Depression, the Boswell Sisters recorded a song about a different kind of crisis — the kind where every choice feels like a

"Haunted House" by Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden

This episode drops the needle on “Haunted House,” a sly, spectral blues recorded in the late 1920s by two giants of early American music: guitar virtuoso Lonnie Johnson a

"Hi-Heel Sneakers" by Tommy Tucker

In this episode of The Dustbin Prophecies, we slip back into the early 1960s and drop the needle on a blues shuffle so cool, so effortless, it strutted its way from the C

"I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits" by Memphis Minnie

In this episode of The Dustbin Prophecies, we turn the dial back to the 1930s and drop the needle on one of the fiercest, funniest, and most fearless voices in early blue

"In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins

Close your eyes and drift back to a 1956 Connecticut church basement where a group of high school friends — The Five Satins — recorded a song that would echo through the

"Midnight Shift" by Buddy Holly

Step back into the smoke and neon of the 1950s Texas music scene as Dustbin Prophecies digs into one of Buddy Holly’s earliest and most daring tracks — “Midnight Shift.”