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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #44: The Battle of the Crooners 1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Battle of the Crooners 1: Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 2
Live from Minnesota: Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Live from Minnesota
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Caroline Smith is originally from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. She began playing music at an early age, reportedly learning guitar from her father. At...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:49
  • Purchases: 2
Live from Minnesota: Davina and the Vegabonds
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Live from Minnesota
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Davina and The Vagabonds performing live in front of a delighted audience at Patrick's Cabaret in Minneapolis. Recorded by Tom Garneau.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 2
Live from Minnesota: Run Westy Run
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Live from Minnesota
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Celebrate New Year's Eve 2013 with a special performance by beloved local band, Run Westy Run. Recorded at the Rex in Duluth by Keenan McIntrye, an...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Double Bass
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...

Bought by KMUW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Piano as Percussion
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by world renowned pianists Amy Briggs and Lisa Kaplan to explore the changes Modernism within the 20th Century brought to...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 1
What is Swing?
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Larry Kohut on Bass, Jon Deitemyer on Drums, and Jim Gaillereto on Tenor Sax for an hour of music and conversation abo...

Bought by WJSU and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Record Changers
From: Kabir Bhatia
Caption: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 30th induction ceremony is being held in Cleveland this year, and 'The Record Changers' have a look at the inductees, plus rock trivia., Credit: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Rock Hall 2015 edition

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
600th Special (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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600 is the milestone we’ve reached, but what we want to do to celebrate music that has impacted YOU so it can impact all of us. I asked for your s...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:03
600th Special (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This hour we celebrate 600 episodes of great music with requests and stories from folks across the country, all involving music that impacts us in ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
Unconventional Meal Part 1 (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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Music you wouldn’t expect to find in a regular radio playlist either because it doesn’t fit a particular style or genre, or due to being instrument...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #45: Satchmo Meets Pops
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Louis Armstrong young and old on Jazz-O-Rama!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev presents an hour of early an late recordings of Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #7: The Sound of The Mixing Board
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: The Seattle hip hop group Brothers From Another, Credit: Beno Picciano
A Weekday High jam session kicks off this musical podcast. Beno Picciano and Michelle Dutro interview people on University Way about being judged f...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:53
Episode #6: Express It
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Lizzie Kirschner interviews Jamil, an intern at the Seattle Art Museum about his work for the Design Your 'hood project, Credit: Nate Hearth
Did you know Bryce is secretly Michael Jackson? And that Lizzie can play the violin? This show is all about showing off teen’s different artistic t...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 10:34
Episode #2: Got Fear?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Do you see it? The Face that haunts Gargoyle Statuary in Seattle? The darkest splotch is his right eye...Hear more creepy tales on our Got Fear episode., Credit: Artur Sapek
It’s the Mixing …BOO! Gotcha. We’re talking fear today with Lizzie Kirschner and Artur Sapek. They take us face-to-face with a poltergeist at a loc...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
At The Mardi Gras
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1, Credit: Mardi Gras Records
It's MARDI GRAS time! You don't have to be in New Orleans for MARDI GRAS. Just tune in to this show: "AT THE MARDI GRAS" and you will be dancing Tr...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #47: Funk-O-Rama Fusion
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: An hour of classic 70s jazz-rock fusion., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev goes back in time to the 1970s for an unusual hour of jazz-rock fusion LP cuts.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDCB, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Academy's Celluloid Ceiling
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The red carpet rolls out in March -- a time when hopefuls, hacks, and superstars alike chase the most coveted prize in show business. But are wome...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:18
Mississippi Blues Project: Cedric Burnside Project; Big George Brock
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Cedric Burnside
The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock, in concert at The Philadelphia Folk Festival

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mississippi Blues Project: The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Super Chikan
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Super Chikan, Credit: Mike Lynch
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Super Chikan in concert in Philadelphia

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jazz on Film
From: D. Christine
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Strangers on a train, partners in crime - the two great art forms of the twentieth century meet. As film composers incorporated new sounds into th...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
My Country Music Magic
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Country Music Series
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This one hour program takes a look at the best of the African American Country music artists both present and past. The program features Grand Ole ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KPIP-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:40
  • Purchases: 5
A Halloween R&B Funky Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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One hour of Halloween fun with R&B and Soul classics that you will enjoy. Your host is IGOR - the Music Monster!

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2013
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 4
Back to New Orleans
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Legendary musicians from New Orleans are featured in this program doing what they do best. This program contains the best of the New Orleans sound ...

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


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 55:35
  • Purchases: 4