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Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1318: 2013 Blues Music Awards
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the winners at the 2013 Blues Music Awards by playing their music and giving you the full rundown of winners in ever category! Everyon...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KPVL


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1316 - Willie's Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Willie Nelson by exploring his Blues roots, with music by Willie himself, his Blues brethren, and Blues covers of...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1310 - Kelly Richey Interview
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Johnny Full-Time sits down for conversation with Kelly Richey about her new CD, her new band, and much more. There's also music from the new album,...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
Full-Time Blues Radio 1236 - Christmas Blues 2012
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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It's our second year with new Christmas Blues tunes!

Bought by KRPS, WVAS, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Full-Time Blues Radio 1235 - Vintage R&B
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's episode of FTB Radio features Vintage Soul and R&B - New, original music recorded with a classic sound!

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KPVL


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
The Lost Odessa Tapes
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
Caption: The Flatlanders, Credit: Courtesy of New West Records
The rediscovery of recordings lost for 40 years in West Texas rewrites a chapter in American music history. In this hour long radio special "The L...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, KGLT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 3
Full-Time Blues Interview Boscoe France
From: John Luttrell
Caption: Boscoe France, Credit: Courtesy Mark McCoy
Complete, unedited interview from Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1223 featuring Boscoe France and John Gillespie in studio for conversation and music.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 56:45
Heat Wave
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Give a listen to some of those very hot bands of the 1920s. You may not recognize many of the names, but that doesn't lessen their impact.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
Episode 05/18/2012 - "Best Of" Live Performances
From: "Deacon" Tim Plunkett
Series: The Back Road Radio Show
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Fans of the good-time, git-down music! Join us as we reach deep in to the Back Road Radio Show Studio Vault and find all of our favorite LIVE perfo...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 1
Harlem Goes Brit:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: London of the 1920s
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Memphis Bound
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cannon Jug Stompers
With the closure of Storyville in New Orleans, many talented musicians landed in Memphis before making their way to Chicago and New York.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
The Messiah Phenomenon
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Hallelujah Handel
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The Messiah phenomenon and the reasons it has become Handel's most celebrated work and an iconic piece of classical music.

Bought by WVTF, 'The Sea', Radio Catskill, Delmarva Public Media, WMNR and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Handel and Royalty
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Hallelujah Handel
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During his time in London, Handel served two successive English monarchs, George I and George II. His operas and oratorios also caught the ear of o...

Bought by 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, WMNR, WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 6
Handel's Singers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Hallelujah Handel
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Starting with Rinaldo in 1711, Handel would write operas for three decades. Revel in the astonishing variety of Handel's arias and duets with perfo...

Bought by WNMU-FM, 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, WMNR, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Handel in Italy
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Hallelujah Handel
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Handel's most productive apprentice years were in Rome.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, 'The Sea', Delmarva Public Media, WMNR, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 6
A "Bonjour Chanson" Special: A Conversation with Jean-Jacques Goldman.
From: Charles Spira
Caption: The Fredericks Goldman Jones Ensemble, Credit: Courtesy of Jean-Jacques Goldman
Bonjour Chanson has a conversation with Jean-Jacques Goldman, the legendary French songwriter/interpreter. The subject is the impact of immigrants ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2010
  • Length: 37:29
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Dylan: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour special traces how Bob Dylan hastened the end of Tin Pan Alley.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WVIA and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
The Last Year In The Life of The Beatles - 1969/1970
From: Paul Ingles
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A two-hour special that chronologically follows The Beatles through 1969 and 1970 as they record their final tracks, struggle with their company, s...

Bought by WCBE, KBBI Alaska, WYSO, KLCC, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 39
Keeping Score (PBS) "Berlioz Symphonie fantastique - Music Fueled By Desire"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas, Host of Keeping Score
Keeping Score" is the PBS television program that has redefined "music appreciation" and "music education" as we know it. Use this 3:07 feature to...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 03:07
Keeping Score (PBS) Season 2 Preview
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas, Host of Keeping Score
A Preview of Season 2 of the PBS program series, "Keeping Score" with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Use this 5:17...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
10 Greats You've Probably Never Heard
From: KUT
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Think you know music? NPR music critic Tom Moon has found ten artists you probably don't know...but should.

Bought by KLCC, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 55:16
  • Purchases: 3
Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Producer Joe Bevilacqua at Kerrville, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A one hour documentary, a 9-minute "All Things Considered" feature and ten short modules about the longest running open air festival in the country...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KUT-HD


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:44:58
  • Purchases: 2