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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 Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 20, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Decades before Motown music, Motor City was a hotbed for jazz during the 1920s. Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were the ultimate destinations for...
- Added: Mar 20, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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 Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 16, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
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 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:03
When jazz was in its infancy, the most common bass instrument was the tuba. Convenient for the marching band. Eventually, bass clarinet and saxopho...
- Added: Mar 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This program features the percussionists of the 1920s. In the earliest days they emphasized woodblocks, cowbells, China cymbals, and tom-toms rathe...
- Added: Mar 06, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Before the mp3, Compact disc, and Long play record, Hot Wax was the medium. Vibrations of audio traveled through a recording stylus into the soft m...
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- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, all of the songs have not one, but two things in common. The connection is revealed across the episode. All of the tunes were not only ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2020
- Length: 01:57:58
As jazz became Americas music in the 1920s, the jazz vocalist had to adopt to the key, tempo and pitch changes. This is a very creative era for the...
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- Added: Feb 20, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Three musical acts are featured - Sisters Morales, Irene Farerra and Bonnie Bluhm - from recordings made by Paul Ingles during the 1999 Folk Allian...
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- Added: Feb 20, 2020
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
Some the best love songs were performed in the 1920s. This program recognizes the work of Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Yip Harbu...
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- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The decade that became known as “The Jazz Age” consisted of a lot more than the music. The youth became style conscious thanks in large part to pop...
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- Added: Feb 06, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
For this week's show, Craig takes an in-depth look at the classic tune "You'll Be Dead, You Rascal You." Throughout the years, the song has taken o...
- Added: Feb 04, 2020
- Length: 01:57:56
When jazz became the popular music of the 1920s, Tin Pan Alley was in the thick of a Golden Age. This program features over 15 composers responsibl...
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- Added: Jan 30, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, Craig puts the final touches on the bounty of songs inspired by the concept of the dream state.
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 01:58:01
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...
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- Added: Jan 24, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Shortly after jazz was introduced to a New York audience, many musicians migrated out of New Orleans, however, a core of the performers remained. F...
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- Added: Jan 16, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This week contains an eclectic bunch of tunes all related in some way or another to the concept of dreaming.
- Added: Jan 13, 2020
- Length: 01:57:58
The 1920s was one of the most inventive periods in American history. On the one hand, jazz became an music art form that swept the world, on the ot...
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- Added: Jan 09, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This week, some history on the duration of popular songs and some longer versions of familiar tunes not normally played on the radio. Then, some ‘q...
- Added: Jan 08, 2020
- Length: 01:58:00
A little levity from talented and inventive musicians can go a long way to putting some pep in your step. Fats Waller could hardly keep from adding...
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- Added: Jan 02, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This is a celebration of some of the finest music and talented musicians who recorded between 1923 and 1933. Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Bix Beid...
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Although Atlanta isn’t thought of as a hub for early jazz, nevertheless, it was a hive of musical activity in the 1920s. There were enough venues, ...
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- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
