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The Orpheans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Savoy Orpheans
To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly. The Savoy ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
That's All
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Morris Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas Morris
Cornetist Thomas Morris is somewhat of an obscure artist from the 1920s, although he was certainly very active recording with Clarence Williams, Si...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3 ~ Sound Design
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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With the help of Don Maue, a sound designer and Duquesne University professor, we examine the role of sound in video games.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 09:19
Thanksgiving - Songs of Thanks
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's the Thanksgiving show! What do different states eat for Thanksgiving? Everyone thinks their food is normal, but the differences between what s...

Bought by WRGY, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Phase and Flange
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Have you ever heard a Phase or Flange? Once you hear it, you might recognize it, but can you tell the difference between Phase and Flange? This wee...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
You Are There - Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Bringing listeners back to historic rock moments with clips of breaking media coverage...again!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Evening With Al Jolson
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Evening With Al Jolson

  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Something Very Lovely
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Something Very Lovely. Hosted by William Cook

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
Female Bassists and Drummers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Usually when a woman is in a band she is singing or playing an instrument that society has deemed a "woman's" instrument. Very seldom do we see a f...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cage Matches
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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When it comes to deciding if one band is better than another, there is always disagreement. Joe Burns and Beth West took the most prominent argumen...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Creem Magazine
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The two daily news providers are on strike in Detroit and Barry Kramer and Tony Reay see the opportunity of a lifetime to start their own magazine....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
School Daze
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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This program features songs about school and school activities!

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:01:56
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US -- Morgan Spurlock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA 8/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Morgan Spurlock talks the ferocity of fourteen-year-old girls, the innocence of young pop stars, and the logistics of camping in the Swedi...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Tom Paxton on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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An interview and concert with Tom Paxton in front of a Live audience at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of th...

Bought by WRNC-LP and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Billy Cotton: That Rhythm Man
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bandleader Billy Cotton
Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 23
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Author Jeannie Kerrigan and Musician Jonathan Taylor.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Why Fred Astaire was a King of Jazz: Author Todd Decker
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Todd is a professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches popular music in American culture. The interview took place in ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 6 - Nathalie
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode # 2 - Castaway: Bill Audette
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
Caption: Bill Audette
Bill Audette became our second guest on "Desert Island Discs" and his show aired in March of 2012 on WMPG radio. Audette offers up his vast knowle...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:24
The Songbird: Lee Morse - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys (not related to today's music known as bluegrass!)

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Lyrics Born keeps live music from dying
From: KALW
Caption: Lateef the Truthspeaker (left) and Lyrics Born (right) perform Sunday, August 14 at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival
Music, as an industry, has found a consistent audience in young people for decades. But what music means to them is changing. Popular songs today o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
Local group Los Cenzontles proudly says, "Yo soy Mexico Americano"
From: KALW
Caption: Los Cenzontles, Credit: http://www.themockingbirds.info/
Los Cenzontles is a unique musical group. Based in San Pablo, it's a band that usually performs usually performs and writes rock, latin fusion musi...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:56
Meet your neighbor: the Salvadoran Idol
From: KALW
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KALW’s Nathanael Johnson lives in San Francisco, near Mission and 30th Street. It’s at the intersection of several different neighborhoods with lot...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1