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Lonnie's League
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson
Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson began playing professionally in New Orleans in 1917. He toured Europe with Marion Cook’s Souther...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Rebecca Martin on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Jazzy singer/songwriter Rebecca Martin talks with us about her musical life.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
C-Melody - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
Few musicians can claim the accolades given to Frankie Trumbauer during the 1920s and 1930s. Unfortunately, he’s largely overlooked today; his infl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
C-Melody
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
Reed artist Frankie Trumbauer contributions to early jazz have been overshadowed by the role he played in Bix Beiderbecke's career.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Hidden Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harlem dancers
A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Mark O'Connor
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Grammy-winning violinist Mark O’Connor is one of the most multifaceted fiddlers on the scene today, equally at home playing bluegrass, country, jaz...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Acoustic Eidolon on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Double neck "Guit-jo" player Joe Scott and Cellist Hannah Alkire visited us in our Albuquerque studios to talk about creativity.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, KFOK-LPFM, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
20 FEET FROM STARDOM -- Tata Vega, Merry Clayton & Morgan Neville Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Singers Merry Clayton, Tata Vega, and director Morgan Neville talk success, faith, and why Merry didn’t “let Ray” Charles.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 15:07
Rickie Lee Jones
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has been pushing down musical boundaries for over four decades with her hauntingly...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Rhythm Kings
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Washboard Rhythm Kings
When washboard was King. Well, that may be a stretch, but the popularity of that musical instrument, when it was used as such, reached a height in...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ryan Tedder of One Republic on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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Ryan Tedder, lead singer and songwriter for One Republic sat down with us to talk about creativity and how he became a songwriter.

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS

Bought by KSRQ, KWMR, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS Special Guest Host LUKE BURBANK

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wayne Brady
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Wayne Brady became a star improvising on the popular TV show Whose Line It Anyway? The singer/actor/dancer/comedian also has appeared on stage in R...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reggie Richards Interview
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Throwback to January! Makalah interviews Bassist Reggie Richards while he was on tour with B.B. King.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
Exploring the Keys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Scott Joplin
This program is devoted to those pioneers of jazz piano from Scott Joplin to Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Johnson's Jazzers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: James P. Johnson
Original stride pianist James P. Johnson began his professional recording career in 1916 with the Aeolian Company by recording several piano rolls....

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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
FM Odyssey's Tribute To The Work Of Legendary Record Producer, Phil Ramone With Interview
From: FM Odyssey
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Phil Ramone passed away on March 30th, 2013, leaving a legacy of music he made popular for hundreds of artists like Billy Joel, Paul Simon & Ray Ch...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:54:17
How Richie Havens Started Woodstock (5:20)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Richie Havens
Folk singing legend Richie Havens died Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack. In this excerpt from the documentary Ba...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS Special Guest Host LUKE BURBANK

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS Special Guest Host LUKE BURBANK

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, 90.5 WESA, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Wordsmiths
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Irving Caesar
This program features those wonderfully talented lyricists of the 1920s who created such memorial songs as "Margie," "You Took Advantage of Me," "T...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1

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