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Today's headlines include threats of nuclear war in Ukraine and the possibility of contamination from bombing off Ukraine's nuclear power plant. Th...
Bought by Prairie Public and KVCR
- Added: Oct 04, 2022
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 2
"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV
- Added: Jul 12, 2022
- Length: 59:16
- Purchases: 5
A twist on the "bird bands" names of the 1950s, the first two hours feature bands named after ... fabrics. Tweeds, wool, cotton, velvet, denim, s...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG and more
- Added: Jul 05, 2022
- Length: 03:00:00
- Purchases: 8
A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 56:04
- Purchases: 1
Grand Portage Ojibwe Billy Blackwell has ties and shares Ojibwe language dialect and stories of Nett Lake MN. Background music provided by the Nati...
- Added: Apr 16, 2020
- Length: 01:55:46
During the Third Reich two German songs were written and became world famous: The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) and Lili Marleen. This show tell...
- Added: Jul 18, 2019
- Length: 58:30
On Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims walk from across New Mexico to the little church El Santuario de Chimayo. Hear the story of this legendary s...
- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 01:34:59
We are breaking down the barriers and showcasing truly powerful songs from some of the best African-American songwriters of all time. In our 2nd ho...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jun 18, 2015
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
In the earliest jazz bands of the 1920s, the baritone and bass saxophones were relegated to the rhythm section, the bass line. But everything bega...
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 58:53
The legend of musician Buddy Bolden has stretched well beyond the city limits of New Orleans. Whether or not half of the stories are true, really d...
Bought by WRGY and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Oct 06, 2012
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 2
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...
Bought by KMUN
- Added: Sep 27, 2012
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
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
Some of the earliest Blue Note recording sessions featured the trumpet of Sidney DeParis, clarinet of Edmund Hall, and piano of Art Hodes. They ca...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 58:52
He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 58:54
The dynamic duo work of cornet Bix Beiderbecke and saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer was one of the greatest in early jazz. Their first recording dates...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 58:53
The blues melded with jazz long before the first recordings in the late teens. Although the music was, at least at first, structured on the 8 and 1...
- Added: Jul 31, 2012
- Length: 58:54
Shining shoes to music publishing in a few short years. To Clarence Williams it may have seen much longer. By 1910, he was considered a leading s...
- Added: Jul 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
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
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Harold Arlen wrote some of the greatest hits jazz and popular music, including the entire score to the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. But there a...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 58:58
They recorded under a variety of other names including Ladd's Black Aces, Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders, Bailey's Lucky Seven, The Southland Six and...
- Added: Jun 14, 2012
- Length: 58:59
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
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
