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Legions of fans from Boston to Buenos Aires can recite the story of the child born Kal-El, scion of the doomed planet Krypton, who was rocketed to ...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 03, 2012
- Length: 19:58
- Purchases: 1
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is-a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and po...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 14:41
In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a THRILLING story about a book that meant everything. A thousand years ago the most per...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 29:00
They recorded under a variety of other names including Ladd's Black Aces, Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders, Bailey's Lucky Seven, The Southland Six and...
- Added: Jun 14, 2012
- Length: 58:59
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
The use of the term Red Hot Mama’s supposedly emerged in the early 1920s. In 1929, songsters Jack Yellen and Milton Ager wrote, I’m the Last of the...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
New Orleans, Chicago and New York were the primary hubs for jazz by the mid 1920s. The influences from each location enriched the result. Musicians...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 58:57
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 58:57
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 59:01
In 1921, the Coconut Grove nightclub was the place to see and be seen. Hollywood stars frequently the club located in a peaceful rural setting sur...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 58:57
Two legendary figures in early jazz: Johnny Dodds and Tiny Parham. They were at the center of the evolving new music of the 1920s, and contributed ...
- Added: Mar 03, 2012
- Length: 59:00
Blues, jazz and folk music of the 1920s and '30s featuring the guitar, piano, violin and more.
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 59:00
The early history of jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.
- Added: Jan 11, 2012
- Length: 58:59
New Orleans musician who's work had a profound effect on the early development of jazz.
- Added: Jan 05, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Dr. L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended -- as performed stories of faith rather than factual histor...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 28:59
An hour long look at Keith Richards' solo work as well as some of his best known work with the Stones.
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 01:00:25
Bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger Fletcher Henderson is little remembered today in spite of the fact he set the foundation for the corners...
- Added: Dec 18, 2011
- Length: 58:58
On this episode of "Culture Clique", Sheikh Odeh Muhawesh lectures about the word "Jihad" in his talk, "Everything You Wanted To Know About Jihad, ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 28:47
- Purchases: 1
In a related episode of Culture Clique, we heard from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori on her encounter with the atomic bomb which occurred in Hiroshima on Aug...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 22:50
- Purchases: 1
This science special is perfect for your holiday programming needs. We've gathered our favorite segments from 2011 and gift-wrapped them in this ho...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 1
Immaculée Ilibagiza was one of sixteen women that survived the Rwanda Genocide in 1994. Listen to her story of survival and how it's changed her li...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 30:34
- Purchases: 1
Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the ea...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFIU, KUNM and more
- Added: Dec 04, 2011
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 6
Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 31:03
