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Bernstein Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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When Leonard Bernstein hosted the Young People’s Concerts in 1958, he started with the William Tell Overture and the black and white video captured...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
171125 California Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
Substituting for California girl, Peggy Lou, so just songs about the idea fo "California."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:35
171007 Cancelling Hurricane Nate and Music Festivals
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Substituting for Peggy Lou after I cancelled Hurricane Nate. Trying to mimic her light touch and California sensibilities ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:37
151031 Being Robbed On A Saturday Night in New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music about being robbed at a hotel on your one-nighter (more like a one-half nighter) and black bubblegum music. As always, music you've never h...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Nov 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:42:45
  • Purchases: 1
150926 Music you've never heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Plus lessons on the magical incantation that keeps the FCC police at bay.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:56:19
150717 Live From Black Mold's Substitution
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... Tonight another live broadcast from a New Orleans music club from the theater dist...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:17
150613 Live From
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A live broadcast from a faux music club in the theater of your mind district in New Orleans. Seventy band plus a table full of listeners like you ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:17
Segar Ellis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Segar Ellis
Ellis was first a jazz pianist and later jazz vocalist who recorded numerous sides with the Dorsey Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and many other...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
The Wizards of Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Apollo Theater, Chicago, 1920s
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Small Group Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Mound City Blue Blowers
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
JazzStories: Todd Barkan - Part I
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"In San Francisco…I had a jazz group of my own... and I went to a beer bar on Vallejo Street. And I said I want to really get my band in here. I ca...

Bought by KALW, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 13:06
  • Purchases: 4
A Tribute to Hoagy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Prince Sparky and the Battle of Opening Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Kaleidoscope, Credit: FooNar
The Detroit “Knights” take to the jousting field. It's a marvelously humorous baseball yarn set in jolly ole England.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 48:06
Erin go Bragh (1 hr.)
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 47:56
  • Purchases: 1
Erin go Bragh: St. Patrick's Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2
I Remember Radio #7: Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Patterns in Music
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For “Patterns in Music,” Mike Whorf presents this special program of music, poetry, and thought-provoking reflection.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 'The Sea', KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:07:36
  • Purchases: 4
The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Funny Tributes to George Washington and Abe Lincoln air on “The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special” Available February 15, 2010 holiday Broadcast., Credit: Joe Bevilacqua
The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special - Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev.) offers up cartoon audio and comedy about George Wa...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 2
Promo - Happy Birthday Stan Freberg
From: Jeff Brown
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Promo for Stan Freberg radio special

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WCQS, KUSP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Happy Birthday Stan Freberg!
From: Jeff Brown
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A salute to Stan Freberg

Bought by KUT-HD, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WILL, Spokane Public Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2006
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 14
Here's Soupy!
From: Jeff Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A celebration of the life and career of Soupy Sales

Bought by KVNF, KVMR, WCPN, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Edible Egg
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes Devilled Eggs

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 9
Smell It First
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Broils Fish

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, East Village Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
Ready To Toss
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes a Salad

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 5
A Taste Experience
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Cooks Spinach

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, East Village Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 7