Richie Unterberger @Folkrox
I've written almost a dozen books about rock music, including ones on the Velvet Underground, Who, Beatles, and 1960s folk-rock. I teach rock history courses. richieunterberger.com San Francisco Joined August 2013-
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Tomorrow (Mon June 29) 6-7:30pm Pacific, I'll present the free Zoom program "Sid Caesar: Comedy Pioneer." Clips will include other notable comics featured on his TV shows, like Carl Reiner and Imogene Coca. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-sid/ at the time listed.
I wrote the liner notes to the new Jackie DeShannon release Girl of Yesterday, compiling a dozen summer 1964 demos with just her voice and guitar. They draw on my recent extensive interview with Jackie. realgonemusic.com/products/jacki…
Tomorrow (Wednesday, June 24) from 6pm-7:30pm Pacific Time, I'll honor Marianne Faithfull with a free Zoom program on dedicated to the singer’s music. To register for accessing the program, go to sfpl.org/events/2026/06…. This event will not be recorded.
Today's the official US publication date of my book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground. A podcast of my interview about the early Velvet Underground at the Rock'n' Roll Book club of Walthamstow, London a couple weeks ago is at rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/episodes/120-t…
Tomorrow (Mon June 15 6-7:30pm, I'll present the free Zoom program "Motown Records: The Greatest Soul Music Label." I'll show and discuss performance clips from the label's prime. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-moto… at the time listed. This will not be recorded.
Thanks to all 55 people or so who crammed into the Rock'n'Roll Book Club last night to hear me interviewed about my new book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground. This was in Mothers Ruin Gin Palace Cocktail Bar in the London neighborhood of Walthamstow.
An excerpt from my new book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground just went up on the Perfect Sound Forever site, at furious.com/perfect/velvet…
Yesterday I was interviewed about my new Velvet Underground book for an hour by Jarvis Cocker of Pulp for his BBC Radio 6 show, Someday Service. This will be aired on Sunday May 24 at 4pm UK time, and be available for 30 days at bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
I'll be interviewed by Robert Elms about my new biography on the Velvet Underground on BBC Radio London tomorrow (Saturday, May 16) from noon-12:30pm UK time. It should be archived on the site for a while. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00…
Today my book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground was published in the UK. The staff of Foyle's, London's largest bookstore, asked me to sign a few copies, one of which is on display here. The book will be published in the US in mid-June.
Tomorrow (Mon May 11) 6-7:30pm Pacific , I'll present a free Zoom program on the Move, one of the finest groups of the British Invasion not to make it big in the US. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-move/ at the time listed. This event will not be recorded.
There's a five-star review of my upcoming book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground in the May issue of the UK monthly magazine Record Collector. "Painstakingly researched and despite its [800-page] size, draws the reader into its addictive narrative."
Tomorrow (Mon May 4) 6-7:30pm Pacific, I'll present a free Zoom program on Monty Python's music. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-mont… at the time listed. This event will not be recorded.
Tomorrow (Wed Apr 29 1-2:30pm at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco at 3200 California Street, I'll show and discuss clips from throughout Rob Reiner's career as director and actor. Admission is free: jccsf.org/.../rob-reiner…. This event will not be on Zoom or recorded.
Tomorrow (Mon Apr 27) 6-7:30pm Pacific, I'll present a free Zoom program on Tim Buckley. His wide variety of folk-rock, jazz, and experimental music from the mid-1960s and mid-1970s featured his astonishingly wide vocal range. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-buck…
My upcoming book Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground has a five-star review in the new issue of Shindig magazine. "It's hard to imagine any future book on the Velvets coming close to rivaling the wide-ranging, all-inclusive approach."
Tomorrow (Mon Apr 13) 6-7:30pm Pacific , I'll present a free Zoom program on the Pentangle, the British folk-rock group featuring the two top folk guitarists in Britain with Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-pent… at the time listed.
My interview with reissue producer David Peck about the 1971 documentary Soul to Soul, featuring a concert in Ghana with Ike & TIna Turner, Wilson Pickett, Santana, the Staple Singers, and Les McCann and Eddie Harris, is at richieunterberger.com/wordpress/inte…
Tomorrow (Mon Mar 23) 6-7:30pm Pacific, I'll present a free Zoom program on early new wave rock women by the likes of Blondie, the Go-Go's, Patti Smith, the Pretenders, and others. To access the program, go to sfcommunityliving.org/event/bmt-new-… at the time listed. This will not be recorded
Sat Mar 14 3-4:30pm at San Francisco Library at 1833 Page Street, I'll present a free program on the first decade of Joni Mitchell. The presentation will spotlight film clips of her performances from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. This program will not be on Zoom or recorded.
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