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Passion for Solitude (revised and Edited 2023)
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music which explores the gifts of the solitary life.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:00:58
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #113 - "Songwriters At Sea" - Part 1 (Brandi Carlile / Indigo Girls)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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The first in a series of programs that features interviews and music with some of the top names in Americana music over the last 20 years who, in 2...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Inventive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adrian Rollini, Credit: Oracle Records CD label
Two stand out musicians were also accomplished inventors. Jack Teagarden and Adrian Rollini. Jack was constantly tinkering with improvements to the...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Car Show, Part 1 (June 13, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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When the sun comes out and the weather gets nice, the classic cars are all brought out on display, and this week's program showcases songs all abou...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
Siblings by 7
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: George Brunies
It’s not uncommon for musical talents to run in the family, but the Brunies team of New Orleans challenged the record. Six Brothers and one sister....

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
British Invasion (June 6, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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This week, it's a bit of a miscellaneous collection of tunes, with an emphasis on the British Invasion reprising of old American standards in hour ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:57
Windy City Revisited
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
The music known as jazz originated in New Orleans, but it wasn’t until musicians migrated to Chicago that it became the popular music of the 1920s.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lil Hardin Armstrong
There were several who sang with jazz groups in the 1920s, but very few composers and lyricists. Even fewer band leaders. Part of the reason was th...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KCBX


  • Added: May 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Sackbut
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Kid Ory
“The Misuse of the Trombone” Some music critics in the 1920s did not appreciate how the trombone was incorporated into jazz. The moans, whines, whi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gone To The Birds, Part 1 (May 9, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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This week, a collection of tunes about our fine-feathered friends. From the old folksy expression "gone to the birds," to a number of vocal groups...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 1
Say It Ain't So Joe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Sullivan
This program moves around the horn, as it’s called in baseball, with Joe Venuti on 1st, Joe Sullivan, 2nd, Joe Mannone on 3rd, and Joe Tardo, home ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Leaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Knowledge, creativity, charisma, and endless energy are just a few qualities that make a good musical leader. If the leader can also arrange and co...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Concerts & Constraints (April 25, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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We are indeed in strange and unusual times. But not, as if often stated, unprecedented. There have been numerous occasions in the past when isolat...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:55
Clarinetitus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Omer Simeon
This is a tribute to a few of the creative clarinetists of early jazz. Two from New Orleans and one from Chicago: Johnny Dodds, Omer Simeon and Ben...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Demos (April 18, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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This week, a collection of demos and various studio chatter that was sometimes recorded. The examples, not usually intended for commercial release,...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
John Prine discusses his life and formation in music with Studs Terkel (1975) from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Conversations with John Prine from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
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The opening song is a rebroadcast from a previous recording with Studs Terkel. John Prine talks about his family history in Paradise, Kentucky and ...

Bought by KSFR, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KWTF community radio for Sonoma County, and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:21
  • Purchases: 5
Nuggets & Gems
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: uncut fire opal
This program digs into the vaults of early jazz to find those rarely heard recordings with some well known artists like Count Basie, and some not-s...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Duets
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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A dozen duets to celebrate musical companionship.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:08
Stomps & Joys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Junie Cobb
Dozens of songs written in the 1920s are referred to “Stomps” in the title, but realistically, it can be used to mean dance. Perhaps even dance wil...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnie-the Moocher & other unusual lyrics
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blanch Calloway
Along with the emergence of jazz came a number of songs featuring strange, funny, wild, and unexpected lyrics. Think of Vo-Do-Do-De-O-Blues, Nagasa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Well... Part 2 (March 28, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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This week's show continues the familiar theme found throughout a collections of songs stretching all the way back to 1895. The theme unveils itself...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:56
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 27
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Detroit Gold
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Graystone Ballroom
Decades before Motown music, Motor City was a hotbed for jazz during the 1920s. Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were the ultimate destinations for...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Well... Part 1 (March 21, 2020)
From: Rhythm & News Service
Series: American Rhythm
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This week's show focuses on a familiar theme found throughout a collections of songs stretching all the way back to 1895. The theme unveils itself ...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:58
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 14
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00