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This week's collection of eclectic tunes all focus on advice in one form or another. Admissions of all shapes and sizes.
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
It’s a study of the historical development of the song Baby Please Don’t Go – from its early antecedents to a fairly recent rendering by some Briti...
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 01:57:57
This week, Craig is featuring a collection of songs all about the moon.
- Added: Sep 09, 2019
- Length: 01:57:57
This week, Craig takes shares a few different renditions of My Blue Heaven - that classic song from the great American songbook.
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
This week, a look at musical stars who got a very early start at their recording careers.
- Added: Aug 06, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
This week, Craig delves into the history of three songs: Flat Foot Floogie, Everyday I Have The Blues, and Slippin' & Slidin'.
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
Craig devotes a second week to the plethora of songs about walking.
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 01:58:02
This week begins a two-part series of programs that feature songs about walking.
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
This week's theme revolves around the arrival of the summer season. Most of the songs are well-known and iconic, but a few may be new discoveries!
- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 01:58:01
This week, all of the tunes have a commonality to them. See if you can guess what that is.
- Added: Jun 10, 2019
- Length: 01:57:59
This week, all of the songs will be about the various factors associated with the social custom of getting married. Some will be lighthearted and f...
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
This week, Craig pays tribute to the American Armed Forces via the music popular during the WWII years. It's the American Rhythm Wartime Radio Review.
Bought by KMSU
- Added: May 24, 2019
- Length: 01:58:01
- Purchases: 1
This week, a tribute to all of the men & women who have served in the armed forces, and an overview of the music of the WWII years. It's the Americ...
- Added: May 20, 2019
- Length: 01:58:01
Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...
Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE
- Added: Jan 27, 2019
- Length: 58:40
- Purchases: 5
On Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims walk from across New Mexico to the little church El Santuario de Chimayo. Hear the story of this legendary s...
- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 01:34:59
Pianist and bandleader Oliver Naylor formed his own band in 1923, and a year later entered the Gennett Studios to record his first session.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 10, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, we’re talking to people trying to find their place. Whether it be an independent artist in saturated music industry, a person struggling...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Sep 08, 2014
- Length: 28:05
- Purchases: 1
Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Today’s image of Bing Crosby is that is was a Crooner, possibly one of the finest in American popular music, however, he was much more than that. P...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Singer, songwriter, pianist, singer and vaudeville and minstrel performer Perry Bradford, forever changed the sound of American popular music by co...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 1
The four blues vocalists in this hour are not well known. That certainly doesn’t mean they aren’t worthy of praise and recognition: Alberta Hunter...
Bought by KMUW, KBBI Alaska, WMMT, WJSU, and KCBX
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 5
Although Blanche Calloway began her show business career several years earlier than younger brother Cabell, she was at least in popularity surpasse...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 06, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
