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WoodSongs 1024: Cary Morin & Lilli Lewis

From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs

Caption: Lilli Lewis on the WoodSongs Stage.

On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots-infused Native Americana artist Cary Morin plus powerful award-winn...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KSRQ, WVTF and more

775: Journeys Through Gender / 776: Hope: How Do You Make It?, 3/11/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "Hop...

230305 Searching for The First Rock and Roll Song

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

It's bands and musicians who's names start with "Roy" as in Royaltones, Roy Hall, Royal Teens, etc. with just a touch of Sparkle Moore.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS

230204 The First Rock and Roll Song - Cha Chas, Group Harmony, Does the Same Foundational Lyric Create Similar Sounding Songs?

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

A show about why musical creativity can't be measured by commercial success. It's why our search for the first rock and roll record using songs yo...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

221112 The Second Rock and Roll Record

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

85 song's you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but all could claim to have made "the second rock and roll song." (Because finding...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more

221105 The Second Rock and Roll Song

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

The predominate musical culture of post WWII is loosely called rock and roll yet we don't know where it started and almost all the founding musicia...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, KPRG, Delmarva Public Media, and WQCS

Living In New Orleans Isn't Like Living Anywhere Else

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

3am Sunday morning introspections on life in New Orleans from the only sober guy in the French Quarter - the all-night show guy at the community ra...

Bought by KPRG

220912 The Search for the First Rock and Roll Song

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Mae West Sings Roy Head's "Treat Her Right."

It's the music that defines "us," the post WWII generation so why do we hear the same couple hundred songs over and over and over again? Not here,...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, WQCS and more

713: Journeys Through Gender / 714: The Resilient Brain, 8/6/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "The...

220806 The First Rock Songs By "Little ...." Musicians

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

The post-WWII musical culture was different. Something was happening. From the bottom up and all around the world, our ears opened up to an accep...

Bought by KCHU, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, Delmarva Public Media and more

220611 Rock and Roll as Dance Music

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

The conjoinment of music to dance is assumed but before rock and roll, it was big band swing with musicians like Artie Shaw filling huge arenas wit...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, KFCF FM and more

220305 First Rock and Roll Song - Sandy Nelson and Glen Campbell As You've Never Heard Them

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

The great rock drummer Sandy Nelson sound like a very traditional swing drummer and Glen Campbell sounds like a primitive surf band as our perspect...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more

220226 FM Radio Challenges AM Radio's Orthodoxy

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Norman Thrasher of the Royal Serenaders Cuts Loose

We feature the very first rock and roll songs but only those you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because by removing the overwhel...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS

220212 Lou Reed, Jim Messina, Leon Russell, Answer Songs - All Music You've Never Heard

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Lou Reed before he was "Lou Reed"

Every week, another 85 songs you've never heard as we search for the heart and soul that later was declared "rock and roll." Fact is, there was no...

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS and more

220205 The First Rock and Roll Song and a Radio Musical

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Whyte Boots The Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer Fictitious Band

In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock and roll...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, and WQCS

655: Journeys Through Gender / 656: The Resilient Brain, 1/15/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "The...

211226 The Fleetwoods Demos Aligned With Sun Ra's Doo Wop

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Little Joe Cook and The Thrillers

The Fleetwoods of Olympia Washington were White kids who did precise harmonies much like the more ethnic "doo wop" groups of the same era. Sun Ra...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

GN_4.59_Zero Waste World

From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4

Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.

Cigarettes are horrible for you, but their butts are quite useful for recycling. A garbage startup in New Jersey is turning trash into outdoor furn...

The Rhythm Atlas 74: Mardi Gras & Carnival Special 2019

From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas

On this episode of the weekly world music program, you’ll hear a tasty mix of music associated with the celebrations of Mardi Gras in New Orleans a...

180728 Before the "After the Flood"

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

A live broadcast from after the future floods and disasters of New Orleans. Yeah, I know a bit too cryptic but it works on radio.

This Week in Blues History #44 - January 27-February 2

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.

How Jason Moran Amplifies Art and Jazz

From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International

American virtuoso Jason Moran is a genius jazz pianist known for performing experimental compositions in collaborative projects with visual artists...