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Giving New Life to Ancient Easter Tunes
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Join us for an Easter celebration this week on Harmonia! We’ll hear how composers from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods created new m...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
NL 23-52: Santa-O: A Very Hip Christmas, 12/18/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Swinging round the yule log with music from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, violinist Eddie South, pianist Charles Brown, singer June Christy, and ot...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
HARM 23-52: Veni, Veni Emmanuel: A Medieval Christmas, 12/18/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Tired of jingle bells yet? This time of year, we are surrounded by Christmas music. This week on Harmonia, join us for something a little different...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
HARM 23-53: Drive the Cold Winter Away: Music for the Winter Solstice, 12/25/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
HARM 23-51: Las Posadas, 12/11/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baro...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
HARM 23-50: Holiday Triple Spin, 12/4/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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"Holidays are a great time for music! And this week on Harmonia, we’re going to take a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early compos...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Harmonia Holiday Triple Spin
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Holidays are a great time for music! On this edition of Harmonia, we’re taking a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early composers an...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Drive the Cold Winter Away: Music for the Winter Solstice
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
A Medieval Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Tired of jingle bells yet? This time of year, we are surrounded by Christmas music. On this special holiday edition of Harmonia, join us for someth...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WILL, KRPS, North State Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Las Posadas: Christmas Music from Renaissance and Baroque Mexico
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re heralding in the holiday season with an extended devotional prayer—or is it a party?—called Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition dat...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WCNY


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Bountiful Harvest Music
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels ...

Bought by WVIA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Songs of Thanks and Praise
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Join us as we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WVIA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
A Night Lights Wonderland
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

Bought by KCME, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and WCVE


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
NL 22-52: A Night Lights Wonderland, 12/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
A Feast of Booths?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for a musical celebration of the many sides of Sukkos.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Get Right With The Universe
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
We're approaching Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, your official opportunity to get right with the universe.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living in America!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month with an eclectic playlist of quintessentially Jewish American music.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oh Haec: This is the day the Lord has made
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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There’s an antiphon that features in the masses for Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Its words begin: “This is the day the Lord has made,” and e...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
A Radio History - 2021 Holiday Special
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This year, the Rough Draft Diaries is taking a step back in time to learn about the history of the radio play. Tune in for this year's special but ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome Hunukkah
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish welcomes Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, with songs from around the Jewish world.

Bought by KBEM, WNIJ, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Strange Enchantment: Jazz for Halloween
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Music for the holiday from Duke Ellington, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kay Starr, and others. We'll also hear comedian Lenny Bruce's impersonation of Drac...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Songs That Won The War (Memorial Day Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special, we look at the songs of World W...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSKA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
NL 20-52: Have Yourself A Very Quiet Christmas, 12/21/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights pays tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and more.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Sending Light Into a Dark World
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're meeting with Stephen Rothschild, the executive director of The Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, to c...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:18