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Familiar Tunes: The Circus Music

Everyone's familiar with that classic circus tune, but did you know it actually has military roots? We're not clowning around here, listeners.

Jukeboxes were one of the first ways to listen to popular music on demand, and their history goes back a lot farther than you probably think.

These two video game franchises have ties going back decades. So when one of them uses a melody from the other, can we safely call it an homage?

We all love a good ice cream truck now and then. But after learning the dark origins of the classic jingle, it might be time to switch things up.

A new album will often take a band a couple of years to produce. So how is it possible that some have been produced in days, or even hours?

Deck the halls with obscure knowledge, listeners! This song is super old. If you want more titillating details, this episode is for you.

Jimmy Crack Corn, and you don't care... but we do, listeners. That's why we're talking about the troubled history of this American folk song.

This loosely-defined music genre was obscure to Western audiences in the 1970s-80s, but has seen a more globalized resurgence in recent years.

You've heard this Mexican folk song countless times, but where did it come from? And more importantly, why does it make the best car horn?

Can a band become so popularized and overexposed that it becomes their own undoing? It may sound counter-intuitive, but it's happened before.