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The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson

From: Paul Ingles

Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: Aug 10, 2023
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 29

NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

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

TINA TURNER: Simply the Best (A Tribute) [Optional Hour 2]

From: Paul Ingles

In this second optional hour of a music special from producer Paul Ingles, listeners will hear more tracks from over 50 years of recording and perf...

Bought by Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more

Added: May 26, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 15

Summit '63 - The First American Tops Mt. Everest

From: Charlie Warren

A dramatic retelling of the challenging American expedition to climb the world's highest mountain 61 years ago.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRFA-LP, PRX Remix, KUER, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 25, 2023
Length: 21:26
Purchases: 8

Jazz Women of the 1980s*

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

A decade that saw female artists making further inroads into the male-dominated world of jazz.

Bought by KLCC and KMUW

Added: Mar 01, 2023
Length: 59:02
Purchases: 2

Jazz Women of the 1990s

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

As the 1990s brought the 20th century to a close, women musicians continued to increase their visibility in the jazz world and to erode the notion ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KLCC, and KMUW

Added: Mar 01, 2023
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.

Added: Jan 20, 2023
Length: 59:02
Purchases: 2

JEFF BECK: Essential Artist

From: Paul Ingles

JEFF BECK: ESSENTIAL ARTIST – a remembrance of the multi-talented, multi-genre British guitar great JEFF BECK, who passed away January 10, 2023 at ...

Bought by WUTC, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KTNA, WRGY and more

Added: Jan 13, 2023
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 21

NL 23-03: Dear Martin, P.S.: More Jazz Tributes To Martin Luther King Jr., 1/9/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Jazz recordings in honor of the civil-rights leader made by James Spaulding, Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock, and others.

Added: Jan 05, 2023
Length: 59:00

A Night Lights Wonderland

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

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

Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

Added: Dec 19, 2022
Length: 59:02

NL 22-44: Jazz Haunts for Halloween, 10/24/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Smoke dreams, sorcerors, ghosts, and stalking monsters! We'll experience those paranormal jazz encounters with those spectors through the music of ...

Added: Oct 20, 2022
Length: 59:00

THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)

From: Paul Ingles

NOTE: THIS IS A DIGEST OF ONLY PART OF THE 2 AND 3 HOUR VERSION OF THE SPECIAL SERIES "THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE". THE SINGLE HOUR VERSION I...

Bought by KUNM, KRVS, and KBBI Alaska

Added: Oct 13, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 1 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: JACKSON BROWNE - 2021, Credit: Paul Ingles

NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING THE *TWO HOUR VERSON* of THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE. THERE ARE ALSO 3-Hour and Single ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, North State Public Radio, and KUHF

Added: Oct 07, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 5

THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 3 of 3)

From: Paul Ingles

NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING ALL THREE HOURS OF **THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE**. THERE WILL BE OTHER VERSIONS POSTED...

Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KFSK, Prairie Public, and WUTC

Added: Oct 07, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 5

THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE (Hour 2 of 3)

From: Paul Ingles

NOTE: THIS IS ONLY TO BE RUN IF YOUR STATION IS RUNNING ALL THREE HOURS OF **THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE**. THERE WILL BE OTHER VERSIONS POST...

Bought by KSJE, KFSK, Prairie Public, and WUTC

Added: Oct 07, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 4

Labor Day Special - "Workin’: The Work Song in Jazz and Popular Music"

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Jazz for the Labor Day holiday, with special guest jazz historian Ted Gioia (author of the book WORK SONGS). Featured artists include Duke Ellingt...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more

Added: Aug 25, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 40

Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more

Added: Aug 25, 2022
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 20

NL 22-36: Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, 8/29/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...

Added: Aug 25, 2022
Length: 59:03

Oh Haec: This is the day the Lord has made

From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials

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

NL 22-12: Jazz Women of the 1940s, 3/14/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Trumpeter Billie Rogers, vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and other unsung heroines of the World War II era in jazz.

Added: Mar 11, 2022
Length: 59:04

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)

From: Paul Ingles

A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Added: Feb 02, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 25

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives

Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KRVS, WDDE, WVIA, WPVM 103.7, WILL and more

Added: Feb 01, 2022
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 21

Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more