https://www.motherlode.tv/ New discoveries, features, exhibits and archival transmissions from Motherlode.TV and the David Bieber Archives. en-us Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:37:42 +0000 Motherlode.TV https://www.motherlode.tv/boston/ https://www.motherlode.tv/boston/ Enter Motherlode.TV’s Boston mission control, connecting Boston for the Record, the original History of Boston Rock & Roll, Boston Babylon, Boston 400 and the expanding Boston cultural atlas. Boston https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/ https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/ Explore four centuries of Boston history, culture, music, art, architecture, politics, photography, literature and innovation through the David Bieber Archives. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/timeline.html https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/timeline.html Four centuries of history and cultural afterlives told through the people, places, objects and stories of Boston and the David Bieber Archives. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/exhibits/rat.html https://www.motherlode.tv/exhibits/rat.html Boston’s legendary Rathskeller reconstructed through twelve chapters, archival artifacts and cultural memories. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/features/kenmore.html https://www.motherlode.tv/features/kenmore.html A Motherlode journey through the cultural history of Kenmore Square and the Fenway. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/made-in-boston.html https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/made-in-boston.html People, objects, movements and ideas made in Boston across four centuries. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/themes.html https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/themes.html Follow the recurring themes that connect four hundred years of Boston history and culture. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/moments.html https://www.motherlode.tv/boston400/moments.html Defining Boston moments and their cultural afterlives, drawn from the Motherlode and David Bieber Archives. Boston 400 https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/15-part-serial.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/15-part-serial.html The hidden connections between Alphonse Mucha, Charles R. Crane, Chicago’s White City, The Slav Epic and modern Czechoslovakia. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/connected-world.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/connected-world.html Enter the network of artists, diplomats, reformers and historical forces surrounding Mucha and Crane. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/the-foreword.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/the-foreword.html The doorway into the intertwined worlds of Alphonse Mucha, Charles R. Crane and the making of modern Czechoslovakia. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/slav-epic.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/slav-epic.html Alphonse Mucha’s monumental cycle and the cultural vision behind the Mucholapka story. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/chapter-3.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/chapter-3.html Chapter Three follows Alphonse Mucha from Moravia to Vienna and Paris, where Sarah Bernhardt transformed an unknown illustrator into the defining artist of Art Nouveau. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/haymarketaffair.html https://www.motherlode.tv/mucholapka/haymarketaffair.html Chicago’s struggle over workers’ rights, immigration, free speech and industrialization—and the world Charles R. Crane inherited. Mucholapka https://www.motherlode.tv/gram/the-musical.html https://www.motherlode.tv/gram/the-musical.html Explore the artists, songs and hidden connections that shaped Cosmic American Music—from Elvis Presley to First Aid Kit. Gram Parsons https://www.motherlode.tv/sono/brewery-quarter.html https://www.motherlode.tv/sono/brewery-quarter.html Begin the journey into South Norwood through history, public art, local businesses and creative placemaking. SONO https://www.motherlode.tv/art/edwardcurtis.html https://www.motherlode.tv/art/edwardcurtis.html Discover the surprising Norwood connection to The North American Indian and one of the greatest publishing achievements in American history. Archives https://www.motherlode.tv/music/suzannevega.html https://www.motherlode.tv/music/suzannevega.html From Club Passim to Luka and Tom’s Diner, the remarkable career of one of America’s most distinctive singer-songwriters. Music https://www.motherlode.tv/music/tanya-donelly.html https://www.motherlode.tv/music/tanya-donelly.html From Throwing Muses, the Breeders and Belly to a continuing solo career and new collaborations. Music https://www.motherlode.tv/music/djspam.html https://www.motherlode.tv/music/djspam.html Latin music, hip-hop, funk, jazz and electronica converge in the modern Miami Sound. Music https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/bigdig/bigdig.html https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/bigdig/bigdig.html Sixteen archival tracks, including three foundational Mighty Mighty Bosstones recordings, from One Way Productions. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/andreagillis/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/andreagillis/ Red Chord, Firecrackers and the Boston rock-and-soul voice of Andrea Gillis, live from the David Bieber Archives. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/binge/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/binge/ KT Gelwick, Jimmy Muise, Paul Marrochello and Bill Morrissey—and One More Cup on Dig the Boston Underground. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/blackmarket/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/blackmarket/ Boston Punk Steady, Babylon by Bike and This Music of Business on Dig the Boston Underground. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/jillkurtz/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/jillkurtz/ Boston blues-infused rock and D.O.S. on Dig the Boston Underground. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/moniqueortiz/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/moniqueortiz/ The bassist, vocalist, composer and artist behind Bourbon Princess, A.K.A.C.O.D., Alien Knife Fight and Rise of Nones. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/raymason/ https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/raymason/ Western Massachusetts rock, the 1965 Silvertone and Harold’s Been Feeling Down on Dig the Boston Underground. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/outlets/iremember.html https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/outlets/iremember.html An eighteen-song retrospective preserving the Boston band’s 1980s and 1990s recordings. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/rickbarton/barton.html https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/rickbarton/barton.html Rick Barton and the Shadow Blasters: twelve songs of Boston punk, roots rock, struggle and renewal. One Way Productions https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/shakethefaith/stf.html https://www.motherlode.tv/oneway/shakethefaith/stf.html The 1987 self-titled record, produced by Phil Greene at Normandy Sound and preserved by One Way Productions. One Way Productions