Ed Ward
Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
Ward is the author of The History of Rock and Roll, Volume 1, 1920-1963, and a co-author of Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, Ward has also contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and countless music magazines. The first part of his two-volume history of rock and roll, covering the years 1920-1963, will be published by Flatiron Books in the fall of 2016.
Ward lives in Austin, Texas. He blogs at City on a Hill.
Content
- Rock historian Ed Ward revisits the Beatles' puzzling Christmas records
- Remembering Rock N' Roll Pioneer Chuck Berry
- Listening To The Monkees With Fresh Ears, 50 Years Later
- Looking Back At The Ramones' Debut: They Were A 'Bunch Of Weirdos From New York'
- Revisiting The Off-Center, Oddly Eccentric Pop Music Of The Chills
- The 1961 Fishing Trip That Launched The Beach Boys
- Beyond 'Endless Sleep': The Life And Music Of One-Hit Wonder Jody Reynolds
- The 'Colorless City' And Odd Characters Behind The New German Wave Of The 70s