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NL 23-03: Dear Martin, P.S.: More Jazz Tributes To Martin Luther King Jr., 1/9/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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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
Winter AND Cold
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for a global Jewish playlist expressing the full emotional power of winter, plus a nod to that dang wind chill.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Rhythm Atlas 268 2022-12-26 Best World Music Albums of 2022 Pt. 1
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this week’s special program, we’ll take a listen to some of the Best World Music Albums of 2022. You’ll hear artists that represent the wide var...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: Dec 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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
It’s Jazz, Charlie Brown: The Vince Guaraldi Story
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A look at the early jazz career and subsequent Peanuts success of pianist Vince Guaraldi, including interviews with jazz critic Doug Ramsey, Guaral...

Bought by KMUW and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Rediscovering Hildegard
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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As we continue to learn about women composers of the past, twelfth-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen remains one of the most studied, ...

Bought by WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spooky Halloween
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Get ready for Halloween with The Children's Hour in a show full of spooky ghost stories and the best in new Halloween music releases for kids.

Bought by KVCR, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRVS, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Rhythm Atlas 259 2022-10-24 Halloween & Día de los Muertos
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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We hope you can tune in to The Rhythm Atlas Halloween and Día de los Muertos special. Host Denis McGilvray features a playlist with joyful songs in...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KAMU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
NL 22-44: Jazz Haunts for Halloween, 10/24/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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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
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #278 ("Rock and Roll")
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
20221024: Spooky Halloween, 10/24/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Get ready for Halloween with The Children's Hour in a show full of spooky ghost stories and the best in new Halloween music releases for kids.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Rhythm Atlas 256 2022-10-03 Indigenous Peoples' Day Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special program, we’ll celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day - which takes place on Monday, October 10th in 2022. The playlist includes a broad...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Rhythm Atlas 255 2022-09-26 All Vinyl 5th Birthday Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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This week on The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate 5 years of being on the air with a special show featuring an all vintage vinyl playlist. You’ll hear...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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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
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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
WoodWarbler's JerryGrass Show
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Jerry with Wolfie, Credit: royalty fee via https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/7246206076/in/photostream/
A 2022 salute to the enduring creative JazzGrass genius of the late Jerry Garcia, for the High Holy Daze between his birthdate of August 1, 1942 an...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:54
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #351 - ("Summertime Mix #2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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A second hour of summertime songs from Sly and the Family Stone, Don Henley, Lovin Spoonful, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, The Kinks, Annie Lenno...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #350 - ("Summertime Mix #1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Boats & Bluegrass '21: Kind Country
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we're heading back to the Boats and Bluegrass festival to hear from Kind Country. Playing their own blend of cosmic americ...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:02
Rhythm Atlas 235 2022-05-09 Bob Dylan Around the World
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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(Airing the week of May 9 - 15 for regular program carriers.) In this special program we celebrate the artistry of Bob Dylan with musicians from ar...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #349 (Optional Hour #3 of "Care for the Planet Special")
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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A 10,000 GOOD SONGS SPECIAL that can be aired on Earth Day or any time. An hour full of musicians singing about caring for the planet. Songs includ...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #348 (Optional Hour #2 of "Care for the Planet Special")
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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A 10,000 GOOD SONGS SPECIAL that can be aired on Earth Day or any time. An hour full of musicians singing about caring for the planet. Songs incl...

Bought by KLCC, KUHF, KFSK, and WHRV


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4