The Best New Artist Breakdown season has begun! Instead of pitting the 64 winners of the Grammys' Best New Artist category against each other, we're talking about each year's nominees and winner in the context of their time...and in today's sixties-spanning ep, we're trying to make sense of the 20th century's monocultures, how far in the past most votes had gotten stuck, the weird dominance of the ukelele in the Kennedy years, and the weird ambitions of Mr. Swingle. Ready to go Bach to the future? Listen now!

Intro and outro by Andrew Byrne. For more information/to become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas.

SHOW NOTES

• The list of Best New Artist recipients, and nominees
• The Record Of The Year Showdown season premiere
• Episode 145: Bobby Darin, "Mack The Knife"
• The Beat Generation box-set playlist on Spotify
• The Lost Songs Project on Timi Yuro
• Episode 62: "Ode To Billie Joe" And "Harper Valley PTA"
• The Lost Songs Project on Harpers Bizarre
• Life Magazine's cover story on the non-golden era of hijacking