Ryan J. Rossner, PhD

Creating playlists has helped me to appreciate the work of other musicians by putting their songs into contexts that enhance meaning and aesthetic impact.  Here are some of my favorite playlists:

Alternative Music

I was a teenager in the ’90s, so it probably isn’t surprising that alternative music centers my personal canon to some degree.  I think the title of the “Alternative 1” playlist sounds like an episode of Sprockets, but I still like it.

• Alternative 1: Disturbance, Transgression, Disease (1979-1987)
• Alternative 2: Nirvana through Radiohead (1988-2000)
• Alternative 3: Light and Day (1997-2005)
• Alternative 4: Alt-Folk and Freak-Folk (2004-2011)
• 1990s Riot Grrrl/Feminist/Cycles of Abuse

Other Playlists

• New Orleans Piano and Mardi Gras Music
• Outlaw Country
• Bob Dylan 1.1 (1963-1965)
• Bob Dylan 1.2 (1965-1966)
• Bob Dylan 2 (1967-1975)
• Bob Dylan 3 (1979-1995)
• Bob Dylan 4 (1997-2009)