The Roadshow visits a town known as 'Hotlanta', where the Little Five Points District boasts not one but two great record stores. Eric Levin, co-founder of Record Store Day welcomes us to CRIMINAL RECORDS - who got their name from stealing hearts, and then goes a few doors down to the amazing WAX N' FACTS - a Crate Diggers Delight with a history that includes the B-52's and other New Wave bands. We also hit the west side of Atlanta to JB's RECORD LOUNGE, a store intimately acquainted with the burgeoning Hip Hop scene of Atlanta.

The city of Portland, Oregon is the home of no less than twenty independent record shops. It's unquestioned leader is Terry Currier's MUSIC MILLENIUM, a sprawling authoritative garden of musical delights. We're also going to visit several newer stores such as EVERYDAY MUSIC, JUMP JUMP, and MISSISSIPPI RECORDS.

Known as the birthplace of Grunge and Post-Punk Rock, it's a city of some vibrant record stores such as Pearl Jam & Brandi Carlisle's favorite - EASY STREET RECORDS, along with ZION'S GATE RECORDS, SONIC BOOM, LIGHT IN THE ATTIC, and we even managed a trip to the MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE, where they welcomed us and our cameras with welcoming arms.

Known as the birthplace of Grunge and Post-Punk Rock, it's a city of some vibrant record stores such as Pearl Jam & Brandi Carlisle's favorite - EASY STREET RECORDS, along with ZION'S GATE RECORDS, SONIC BOOM, LIGHT IN THE ATTIC, and we even managed a trip to the MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE, where they welcomed us and our cameras with welcoming arms.

We're fascinated when finding shoppes that have a unique focus or genre of music. The stores in this episode are examples of a singular vision devoted to that idea. These stores are always a labor of love often conceived and run by one person. Just a few that we visited are: SELECTOR RECORDS - EDM / DANCE, BLACK WATER - INDIE HEAVY METAL & PUNK DOMINO SOUND - WORLD MUSIC, and THIRD MAN RECORDS - ROCK SUPERSTAR JACK WHITE'S LABEL & RETAIL STORE.

It's impossible to imagine the birth of Hip Hop without the sonic reality of vinyl records. What started out as a Do-it-Yourself experiment by the club DJs in the 5 Burroughs of New York, is now a dominant reality worldwide. The Roadshow speaks to Hip Hop practitioners including Daryl McDaniels (aka: DMC) as well as other Hip Hop professionals.

By the early 1970s, Papa Ray was a fan of Jamaica's contribution to world music, REGGAE. But he found out Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff were only two examples of the talent this tiny island in the Caribbean had to offer. Having released and curated Reggae music on his store's label and for the international Trojan imprint, our crew goes to Kingston to check out the vibe and where things are going in the home of SKA, ROOTS, REGGAE, and DANCEHALL. We'll be visiting shoppes including Rockers International Records, African Symbol Studio & Record Shop, and Music Mart. We'll also stop by Tuff Gong International Distribution on Marcus Garvey Avenue.

Tom and Vintage Vinyl have a unique relationship with one of the finest record stores in New Orleans, Euclid Records. Learn about their history, as we also visit other stellar independent shops, such as Domino Sound Record Shack. Each unique, each with their own style, yet fitting perfectly and reflecting the culture of The Big Easy. Viewers will be pleasantly surprised with some music veterans that visit these stores, such as Irma Thomas, The Neville's, Trombone Shorty, and Kermit Ruffin - They have seen it all - and in New Orleans, that says multitudes.

Our crew goes to the Windy City stopping by Dusty Grooves, Shuga's, Out Of The Past, and a store that really beckons to the past, Beverly's. Chicago's record stores have survived the mass merchandisers who used the top titles of the day as 'loss leaders'. They have a scrappy reputation: as one store owner put it, "We're all individuals, we're not joiners -we couldn't even put together a record shoppe baseball league in the city - We're just too damn competitive." A distinctive city with iconic distinctive stores.

Papa Ray and the crew are thrilled to see Byrdland, located in a multi-cultural section of Washington D.C. Byrdland thrives as a vinyl focused store plugged into the local music scene, enjoying many in-stores and Meet & Greets. We then head on over to Smash Records - a staple for punk and hardcore music lovers since 1984, and then we visit Som Records, a hidden gem located in a basement under a barber shop and is known for its eclectic collection, including samba, salsa, and rare collectibles.