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SHOW 855 (Air Dates: May 17 - 23, 2021) Our guest this week is saxophonist/composer Paul Winter. His musical odyssey has long embraced the traditio...

Bought by KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Caption: 19 year-old thumbpicking grand champion Katelyn Prieboy.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the legacy of guitar hero and American music icon Merle Travis featu...

Bought by KENW, WJCU, WETS, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 26
Caption: Tilman Hoppstock, Credit: Tilman Hoppstock
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features some of the best recent releases with music by Buxtehude, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Estonian Compo...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, WOSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 68
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Can music reflect colors and can colors be reflected in music? It’s a question pondered by composer Jennifer Higdon, and this week we listen to he...

  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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A weekly radio show featuring classic and contemporary Latin Jazz music with 16year veteran Tony Vasquez as the host.

Bought by WICR, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Count Basie
Among all of the wonderful bands of the 1920s, only a hand full had the same personnel for a long period of time: Duke Ellington, Count Basie and L...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The power of War & Treaty on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes world-renowned singer-songwriter plus electric husband & wife roots duo W...

Bought by Radio Bristol, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
Caption: Carl Kress
With the exception of the piano, stringed instruments were the outsiders in early jazz. They were restricted to the rhythm section, and not conside...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Patty Peterson, Credit: Jennifer Bong
Patty Peterson presents Jazz Women All-Stars on Mother’s Day, May 9. The show is available by streaming at 3PM and 7PM this Sunday. Patty gets her ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Fats Waller
A look at the origins of the word “jazz”. Would you believe that the root of the word is absolutely not what you think it is? After all this time, ...

Bought by WEAA, WNMU-FM, and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Kid Ory
When musicians began migrating north to Chicago in 1917, there was one item that was a must. Besides their suitcase and instrument, they had to hav...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 851 (Air Dates: April 19 - 25, 2021) Legendary singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester passed away seven years ago on April 11, 2014. On this episo...

Bought by KNBA, WETS, KZMU Moab Community Radio, High Plains Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
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The Beautiful Healing Power of Music with Palm Beach Symphony CEO David McClymont. We share the rich history of classical music, it’s relevance in ...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 27:39
  • Purchases: 2
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One of the most acclaimed violinists of her generation, Hilary Hahn returns to Musician’s Spotlight and visits by phone with host John Floridis. Th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Irving Berlin
Three of the biggest names in 20th century popular music. All of them started their careers before jazz reached north of Kansas City, but years lat...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fess Williams
Second cousins, you might say. As jazz evolved, it adopted many other musical genres. Vaudeville was a natural. It welcomed the peculiar and experi...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Trio Franor, Credit: Trio Franor
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music by Manuel de Falla, Bizet, Tarrega, Paraguayan jazz composer Juan Manuel Acevedo, JS ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, WKGC and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 61
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SHOW 849 (Air Dates: April 5 - 11, 2021) “Bye Bye Miss American Pie…” you know that song. That’s right, legendary songwriter Don McLean is our gues...

Bought by KNBA, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, WOMR, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
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Part 2 of 2 spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks about the late singer/so...

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


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lionel Hampton
The Blues was never expected to join the British royalty, but in the 1920s, the musical genre morphed and shifted its course. When jazz melded with...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Earl HInes
A commonly used word for someone who played piano. Three of those artists are featured. One from the south, Jelly Roll Morton, East, Duke Ellington...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Red Onion Jazz Babies , Credit: 78 RPM Record
Buzz translates to rumor, and if Chicago was anything in the 1920s jazz and rumor were the glue. There was constant buss around political intrigue,...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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SHOW 829 (Air Dates: March 8 - 14, 2021) This week our guests are Ricky Kej and Lonnie Park. Ricky is an internationally renowned Indian Music Comp...

Bought by KNBA, WETS, KRCB 104.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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Host John Floridis talks with American Patchwork Quartet Clay group members Ross and Falu Shah by phone in an interview recorded in July, 2020. A...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Sonny Greer
This program features a cross section of musicians … with paraphrases from Bill Crow’s book “Jazz Anecdotes”. Humorous stories about by Louis Armst...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1