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151031 Being Robbed On A Saturday Night in New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music about being robbed at a hotel on your one-nighter (more like a one-half nighter) and black bubblegum music. As always, music you've never h...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Nov 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:42:45
  • Purchases: 1
150926 Music you've never heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Plus lessons on the magical incantation that keeps the FCC police at bay.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:56:19
Happy Thanksgiving!
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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History of Thanksgiving celebration (bye bye Jack-O-Lantern)...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:31:19
150717 Live From Black Mold's Substitution
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... Tonight another live broadcast from a New Orleans music club from the theater dist...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:17
Doggin' Around Part 1
From: KCSM
Series: The Annals of Jazz
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Host, Richard Hadlock starts a series of canine appreciation through "Dog Music". Dog titles and dog inspired music is featured.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:12
150613 Live From
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A live broadcast from a faux music club in the theater of your mind district in New Orleans. Seventy band plus a table full of listeners like you ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:17
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
Compact Discoveries 239: Jewish Gems
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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New in 2014 for Hanukkah: Fifteen great Jewish tunes, including traditional folk songs, klezmer, dance music, and other festive songs.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #46: Herbie Hancock
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: The Early LPs of Herbie Hancock is presented by Joe Bevilacqua , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A birthday tribute to the American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, born April 12, 1940.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 2
Carols the World 'Round - Two Hour Version
From: WFIU
Caption: A Christmas market in Rostock, Germany, Credit: Carston Pescht
A celebration of the music and traditions that make up the Christmas season from the plains of Africa to the hills of Appalachia and beyond.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WNMU-FM, KRPS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:58
  • Purchases: 9
An Evening With Al Jolson
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Evening With Al Jolson

  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Spokane Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #9: "Django Reinhardt"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Django Reinhardt 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.

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


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #1: "Louder & Funnier"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of the funny side of 78 RPM Jazz, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM Jazz with sense of humor, including Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers, and Coon Sanders.

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


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Legend of Rainy Lake Hollow
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
Caption: Jeff Adams
An Icebox Radio Short! The famous story of the headless horseman is re-imagined with a Northland twist - and this time in verse!

Bought by KMXT and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 2
Joy To The World 2012
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Joy to the World
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The 19th season of Joy To The World with Bob Thompson is a one-hour holiday program that is produced by Virginia Public Broadcasting and performed ...

Bought by WHRV, KMUW, KCSM, WCNY, WVRU and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Segar Ellis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Segar Ellis
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
The Wizards of Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Apollo Theater, Chicago, 1920s
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
Tiny Dancers
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Tiny Dancer
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:16
Small Group Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Mound City Blue Blowers
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
Be My Valentine!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics. This will be a wonderful addition to your spec...

Bought by KREV-LP and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 50:54
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Todd Barkan - Part I
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"In San Francisco…I had a jazz group of my own... and I went to a beer bar on Vallejo Street. And I said I want to really get my band in here. I ca...

Bought by KALW, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 13:06
  • Purchases: 4
A Tribute to Hoagy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
30 sec jingle
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Its a jingle.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: :35