NMC Amplifier Ep. 10: Robert Santelli on Creating 21st Century Music Museums

For episode 10 of NMC Amplifier, Grammy Award-winning music historian, producer, and educator Robert Santelli joins the podcast. Santelli has had an incredible career. He’s contributed to the cultural legacy of American popular music as the Executive Director of Bruce Springsteen Archives, Founding Executive Director of the Grammy Museum, and formerly of Experience Music Project and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. As a music journalist, he’s contributed to Rolling Stone and the New York Times, and he is the author of nearly a dozen books. Hear him discuss his career at ground-breaking music museums, and how he helped bring them into the 21st century through interactive experiences and music education.

Hosted by Andrew Mosker, President and CEO of the National Music Centre, NMC Amplifier seeks to move the needle forward on issues in music through shared ideas. It touches on topics such as music as an economic driver, sharing culture through songs, the creative and artistic process of songwriting, and music’s capacity to heal. Guests include artists, entrepreneurs, innovators, authors, and music therapists ⁠— music champions who are in the spotlight or working behind the scenes.

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