The Appetizer Radio Show

Series produced by D. Grant Smith

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Tasting, savoring and experiencing the flavors of great albums from known and emerging indie musicians. This free 59 minute weekly program delivers 2 hours of fantastic music from artists you know, and a few you don't. Building a music experience similar to the groovy restaurant all your close friends gather at to enjoy something profoundly interesting each and every week.

Music is a many splendid thing. Fortunately there is more than one way to serve up music, with a variety of styles and genres appealing to audiences who want to fully experience musical flavors. The Appetizer Radio Show is dedicated to providing this unique listening experience by serving up a blend of styles from a few artists you know while also introducing audiences to new and emerging talent.

Singles are fleeting. The real gold for a songwriter is in their songbook, experienced through the album. Each week, this syndicated program presents a variety of albums that highlight albums and the artists who make them. Featuring a blend of musical styles in folk, rock, singer-songwriter, alternative, and cross-over genres of R&B, soul, and blues, The Appetizer Radio Show delivers music discovery in an engaging way that showcases albums for your audience's music collection. Hide full description

Music is a many splendid thing. Fortunately there is more than one way to serve up music, with a variety of styles and genres appealing to audiences who want to fully experience musical flavors. The Appetizer Radio Show is dedicated to providing this unique listening experience by serving up a blend of styles from a few artists you know while also introducing audiences to new and emerging talent. Singles are fleeting. The real gold for a songwriter is in their songbook, experienced through the album. Each week, this syndicated program presents a variety of albums that highlight albums and the artists who make them. Featuring a blend of musical styles in folk, rock, singer-songwriter, alternative, and cross-over genres of R&B, soul, and blues, The Appetizer Radio Show delivers music... Show full description


192 Pieces

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Our 2nd hour continues with more interesting music that will find its way playing in your head long after the song ends. We'll dive into familiar w...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Do you ever randomly have a song stuck in your head that you haven't actually heard in a while? You wonder, "Why am I singing this song to myself?"...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our Sounds of Connection continue with more music revolving around the idea that our relationships drive the songs that not only are most common am...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Relationship-based songs are the theme of more than 75% of music. From romance to love lost, best friends to heroes, family and everything in betwe...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our Sound Bouquet continues with similar but different cuts from fantastic albums by indie musicians Trevor Hall, Lily & Madeleine, Oh Wonder and m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Sound Bouquet is a play on exactly what you think: a flower bouquet features a collection of similar but different flowers presented in an organize...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Our theme continues with an exploration into music that connects with us powerfully (and surprisingly) using songwriting that moves. We'll dive int...

Bought by KDLG and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In boxing, a good left hook is a shot no one sees coming that usually connects so powerfully it ends in a knockout. This week we play on this idea ...

Bought by KDLG and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Music recently picked up in electronica and dance, indie folk rock and alternative, singer-songwriter, reggae-rock and much more. We’ll hear 4 acts...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our second hour continues with an exploration of great love songs from alternative rockers R.E.M. and an album that wasn't heralded for being roman...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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To celebrate Valentine's we could do what everyone else does and just play love songs. But we're not like everyone, and you deserve better. Love i...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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We continue our exploration into the realms of influence that EDM has had in music by stretching into the alternative rock world, folk music, and s...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Electronic Dance Music has found its way into not only a whole subgenre of electronic music, but also into the songs of artists in a variety of mus...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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This time I’m serving a Little This & That from a myriad of indie artists, keying in on great albums to add to your record collection. It’s mostly ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Variety is the key this time as I am serving a Little Of This & That with 2 hours of indie music in the singer-songwriter, funk, classic rock, Amer...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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New Romances continues with an exploratory look at what draws us initially into committing to an artist and their future releases. Diving deeper in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Our relationship with music is very similar to our relationships with people. Playing on a romantic metaphor, we'll look at how first listens that ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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More pieces from a recent conversation about life, love, and the power of family led to diving into music that adds to the conversation. Great song...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Conversations spark new ideas, learning experiences, and can lead to discoveries more profound that most of us realize. A recent breakfast conversa...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
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We continue with a showcasing of amazing albums to add to your record collection including indie alternative from Golden Bear, Citizen Cope, funk/R...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:02