The Black Keys

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

The Black Keys are gearing up to release their latest album, No Rain, No Flowers. The Akron, Ohio duo consisting of Dan Auerbach on lead vocals and guitar, and Patrick Carney on drums, have released 12 studio albums since their indie debut, The Big Come Up in 2002.

On today's episode Justin Richmond talks with Dan and Patrick about their process of mixing the new album. They also share memories growing up together in a town filled with eccentric characters, and they explain their newfound love of DJing parties where they challenge themselves to make people dance to an eclectic mix of unknown songs.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	How do you get a Beyonce?
0:11.0	One of the top pop musicians of all time.
0:14.0	Even though she makes her success look effortless, it isn't so easy.
0:19.0	Black female artists have always been subjected to higher standards
0:22.1	and limitations as they strive to make a living from their work and share their gifts. But it's
0:27.1	clear that the road has been paved for the top artists of today through the persistence and brilliance
0:31.9	of the black women musicians who came before them. Join me, Smithsonian curator Dr. Crystal Klingenberg,
0:38.9	for Season 2 of Collected,
0:41.0	the musical genius of black women,
0:43.4	as we take a deep dive into the biographies
0:45.8	of four trailblazers.
0:47.9	Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Donna Summer,
0:50.8	and Dr. Bernice Johnson-Regan.
0:53.2	You can listen to Collected wherever you get your podcasts.
0:56.8	Just search for Collected or find it online at Americanhistory.
1:01.1	orgia.org.org. This is Broken Record.
1:18.4	Real musicians, real conversations.
1:21.8	Here's my conversation with Dan Arbach and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys.
1:26.8	So you guys are finishing a new album.
1:29.2	It's not quite done.
1:30.9	It's basically, we need to have to mix it.
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