Let’s begin this MBE with a statement piece, Muddy Waters performing “Got My Mojo Working” live at Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 to be exact. How does this classic track tie back to a small, LA-based pop and soul record label… and a bitter lawsuit? You’ll need to listen to the brand new season of KCRW’s acclaimed Lost Notes podcast to find out. Two new episodes dropped this week, with the remaining six dropping every other week thereafter.

Learn where Muddy Waters fits into the narrative via this season’s second episode Mojo on Trial: The Seedy, Greedy World of Ruth Christie. And go ahead and bookmark the show in your podcatcher of choice for Michael Barnes for all of the wildly different and deeply human stories, each set against the kaleidoscopic backdrop of LA’s soul and R&B scene of the 1950s-1970s. And as a bonus, the season is co-hosted by MBE’s own Novena Carmel, along with KCRW alum Michael Barnes.