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America's top session drummer for over 50 years is honored in a music-filled hour from music historian Paul Ingles.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WRGY, KSRQ, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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March 17th marks Nat King Cole's centennial, and on this program, we chronicle his rise to stardom in the 1940s.

Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and WJSU


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Miss Peggy Lee (born May 26, 1920) was more than a pop star: she was also a world-class songwriter in the male-dominated world of jazz. On this Aft...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A look back at some of the people the rock world lost in 2018

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 57:09
Caption: The Queen of Soul
Soulful mix for one of best singers ever---Aretha Franklin

Bought by KCSM and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Winona Municipal Band, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
Welcome to a special edition of The Live Feed featuring the 2018 Winona Municipal Band, under the direction of Levi Lundak. The Winona Municipal Ba...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
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We owe a great debt to those who come before us in any new endeavor.  Through their trials, hard work, and experimentation, they help lay a solid f...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 4
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A faux live broadcast from your prom. As you can imagine, it didn't go well for me.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:49:54
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An Afterglow special perfect for the Fourth of July! We celebrate America by exploring jazz and pop standards from different states, including "Moo...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WVIA, Troy Public Radio, WVIA, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Music referring to Africa plus Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Mingus and some others from my youth as an uninvited guest (more like a pest) at radio ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:35:35
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Interview with Gregg Allman, Jackson Browne, producer Don Was and manager Michael Lehman on Gregg Allman's final studio album, "Southern Blood."

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, KSRQ, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:23
  • Purchases: 4
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When Dr. William Wakefield walked onto the stage of his retirement concert as Director of Bands at the University of Oklahoma after 32 years of ser...

Bought by KWAX, KTXK, KMFA, and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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A WWOZ show host's French Quarter experience with The Band. Music by Renato Telles Sbeghen

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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An Afterglow Christmas special, featuring some familiar standards for Christmas, performed by some jazz and pop crooners, like Bing Crosby, Frank S...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KRPS, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
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An Afterglow show perfect for Valentine's Day! This week, we're saluting L-O-V-E with love songs from the Great American Songbook sung by Chet Bake...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Music about being 16 years old. Not 15 or 17 or any other age. Just 16 years old. A segment from the 170527 broadcasts.

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 39:12
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It was a classic New Orleans ad hoc lunch at the corner bar, three hours of talk, laugh, drink, eat and repeat. Bar owner, Donna and Charlie plus ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:24:04
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Are the holidays stressing you out? Relax and unwind with two hours of Smooth Jazz and Cool R&B renditions of some of the most beloved songs of the...

Bought by KCME


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Lea DeLaria shows Julian that she knows a thing or two about the Songbook.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A tribute to singer/songwriting legend Leonard Cohen who passed away November 7, 2016 at the age of 82.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KVMR, KMSU and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 21
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Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 12:15
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Paul Ingles shares favorites from the Eagles catalog that feature Glenn Frey who died January 18, 2016. Music intensive hour.

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


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 56:51
  • Purchases: 2
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Frank Sinatra turns 100 on Dec 12. A tribute from a brainy broad who learned to love him, Her Way.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 03:20