Most everyone knows “Tainted Love,” the chart-topping synth-pop hit from the early 1980s, but few know the song originated as the B-side of a single recorded in Los Angeles in 1965. The first episode ...

Check out another KCRW podcast: Lost Notes. This music documentary series explores artist legacies in the era of #MeToo and cancel culture, and profiles musicians and mold-breakers from decades past.

is the author of four books including The First Collection of Criticism by A Living Female Rock Critic. She is the director of the award-winning docuseries Women Who Rock (Amazon/MGM+, 2022), creative ...