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From KXCI's youth broadcasting team, DJ Vu and DJ Carrot talk about some of their favorite spooky season music, videos, and candy!

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
Caption: John Davey on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Nate Bett
Join the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: singer-songwriter John Davey and author T.Marie Bertineau for a special that explores the myth...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Latini on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Chelsea Batten
Celebrate Halloween with the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: Dave Lorenz of Pure Michigan and singer-songwriter John Latini. Discover...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Edythe Turnham's Band
: Jazz emphasized improvisation and individual expression. It became a symbol of freedom and rebellion. Especially for the young. The fact that it...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Sleigh, Credit: Daniel Logan
Told through the eyes of his twelve-year-old brother, the older boy makes a discovery that allows him to become a beloved symbol of giving througho...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
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Charmed lives lack for something. If you’re born in a state of nirvana or somehow privileged as a member of the elect, what’s the point? It’s only ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 52:04
Caption: Young Angela
Angela Lansbury in her own words with music from her entire career from Gaslight through Murder She Wrote--All Mixed Up

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:06
Caption: Lang & Johnson
One entry into the field of jazz that is frequently overlooked is the guitar. It belonged in the rhythm section. That is until Eddie Lang and a few...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Quenn Elizabeth II, Credit: The Carnival Queen
The Crown is passed on in this tribute to Queen Elizabeth II with words and music in a Royal Mix

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:56:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adrian Rollini
When Adrian Rollini introduced the bass saxophone to the front line instruments, several other reed artists were inspired to follow suit. The big d...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adelaide Hall
There was no roadmap to success for the Early instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz. They were in untested waters and out on a limb. Nevertheless,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Senter & his Senterpedes
They were called "gaspipe" clarinetists. Their style was very popular in the 1920s. They emphasized peculiar sounds and startling effects, like, sc...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jacob Ming-Trent
Jacob Ming-Trent talks about his career on stage playing Shakespeare, why he left and why he returned.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., PRX Remix, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mills Brothers
There were several vocal groups in the 1920s that specialized in three-part harmony, but it was The Boswell Sisters and The Mills Brothers set the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As jazz made inroads into popular music, musical producers realized they had to incorporate the new styles into their lavish productions.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: 1920s Harlem
As it is known today, Harlem opened its doors to jazz long before the music became popular. Not to say it was far ahead of the rest of the world; o...

Bought by KAAD-LP and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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One of my very first pieces ever: A chronicle of my adventures doing sound for an Elvis Tribute Artist and a large ish gospel Church in Madison WI....

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Shanta Thake at Summer for the City, Credit: Kevin Yatarola; used courtesy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) Shanta Thake talks about programming that speaks to the needs of New York C...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Fats Waller
Fats Waller's playful, exuberant jazz performances created the moniker of the "clown prince" of jazz. He relished crowds with his playful stage ant...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2