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NL 19-51: A Cool Christmas, 12/16/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates the holiday season with from Paul Bley, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, June Christy, and more.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Holiday Special: "There Were Shepherds"
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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It may be nearing the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! On this holiday edition of Harmonia, we’re going outside – not into ...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
NL 19-28: Jazz Impressions of Paris, 7/8/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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For the week of Bastille Day, jazz odes to the City of Light from Bud Powell, John Lewis, and others.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
NL 19-27: Freedom Jazz!, 7/1/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A Fourth of July jazz celebration featuring the music by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Nina Simone and more.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
NL 19-21: Turn Out The Stars, Volume 5, 5/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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More jazz eulogies for departed jazz musicians, in honor of Memorial Day weekend.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
First Fusion: Jazz-Rock Before Bitches Brew
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the late 1960s, young musicians such as The Free Spirits, the Fourth Way, and other now-forgotten fusioneers made the first attempts to blend ja...

Bought by KLCC, WVAS, and KLCC


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Speakeasy: Jazz and Prohibition
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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America in the 1920s: Wall Street was on the rise, cops were on the take, jazz was in the air, and alcohol had been banished—but it certainly hadn’...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WVAS, KLCC and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
One for Marian: Marian McPartland
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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We’ll hear some McPartland recordings with a special emphasis on her own compositions, as well as excerpts from a 1975 interview in which she talks...

Bought by KLCC and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
Green New Deal, Yellow Vests
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Activists at all levels of the climate justice movement discuss how inter-generational, cross-coalition, and global organizing is taking control of...

Bought by KDNK and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of the Solstice Season
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Solstice Season, Credit: Julia Meek
This folktale celebrates the dark stretch of the year with musical customs meant to brighten winter's darkest hours.

Bought by WFIU, KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
Everything Was Right: The Beatles REVOLVER - Hour 1 -Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition #025
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Award-Winning Producer Paul Ingles explores The Beatles landmark REVOLVER album in depth, talking with historians, musicians, music critics, and fa...

Bought by KFSK, WDDE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Music of Fantasia
From: Wind & Rhythm
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If you work at any of the Disney studios or theme parks, in any of their wide range of properties, you can say you work for the “Mouse.” In 1940 th...

Bought by WILL, KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WMOT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #012 - Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of a celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music ...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #010 - The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of this heart-felt special. The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writ...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KFSK, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
NL 18-08: Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz, 2/19/2018
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the messag...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #006 - The Emergence of Otis Redding (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour Two of a lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, musi...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
NL 17-52: The Night Before Christmas: Holiday Jazz, 12/18/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Holiday jazz from Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, Louis Armstrong, Duke Pearson, Frank Sinatra, and others.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
NL 17-42: From Myth To Man: Thelonious Monk, Part 2, 10/9/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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We delve into the later years and music of the pianist's career with Monk biographer Robin D. G. Kelley.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
NL 17-41: From Man To Myth: Thelonious Monk, Part 1, 10/2/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
NL 17-40: That's Rich: The Buddy Rich Story, 9/25/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
Sessions from Studio A - Helen Gillet
From: WNIJ
Caption: Helen Gillet performs in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
Helen Gillet is a classically-trained cellist that melds world music influence with New Orleans jazz and funk, while using looping and other effect...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 51:59
Sessions from Studio A - Milked
From: WNIJ
Series: Sessions from Studio A
Caption: Milked performing in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
Milked, a power trio from Chicago joins host Carl Nelson in the studio to share their bombastic, power-chord laden rock. They perform songs off the...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Sessions from Studio A - LASKA
From: WNIJ
Series: Sessions from Studio A
Caption: LASKA performs in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
LASKA (formerly The Morton Sisters) from Eau Claire, WI joins host Carl Nelson in WNIJ's Studio A. They talk about their musical journey and perfor...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2017
  • Length: 52:00
NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00