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Jazz Violinists
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie South
Jazz fiddlers weren’t considered a core component of early jazz, yet they were a key to popularizing a new music. Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Stephan...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dance Craze
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Josephine Baker
Charleston, Jitterbug, black bottom, shimmy, one-step foxtrot, waltz, tango, Breakaway and Charleston. And don’t forget the Grizzly Bear, Turkey Tr...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 614: Emmylou Harris, Darrell Scott and more
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Emmylou Harris on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, it's a celebration of Appalachia with Emmylou Harris, Darrell Scott and more.

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 32
Livingston Taylor
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 827 (Air Dates: Nov 2 - 8, 2020) This week on Art of the Song our guest is Livingston Taylor. Born in Boston and raised in North Carolina, Liv...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
A Piano Anthology
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mary Lou Williams
Eighty-eight keys spanning 7-plus octaves, endless variations and creative styles. This program takes you from ragtime to stride and opens the door...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crown the King
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Buddy Bolden
In the more than 150 years of Mardi Gras there was a king. Each crew or tribe had their king, and the overall parade was represented by a King and ...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
20-47 Music of Thanksgiving, interviews: David Russell, Mark Mancina
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Mark Mancina, Credit: Mark Mancina
This week’s edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Bach, Giuliani, Torroba, Fred Hand, and a 2016 interview with 3-time Grammy-winnin...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 55
Benny's Buddies
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Woody Walder
This program highlights the musicians who performed with Benny Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra. The swinging, bluesy sound that became known as “Kans...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 958: Muriel Anderson and Sister Sadie
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Muriel Anderson
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes master guitarist Muriel Anderson plus the 2020 IBMA Bluegrass Music Enter...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 33
The Pinnacle of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: McKinney's Cotton Pickers
A creative explosion occurred in the world of jazz in the years between WWI and the Great Depression. The electrical process allowed the musicians ...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazzy Women
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: blanche Calloway
This program provides a glimpse into the careers of four of the most influential female vocalists in early jazz. Ethel Waters, Eva Taylor, Blanche ...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 918: Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn return to the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes banjo masters and Grammy Award winners Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 34
Varieties Part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lil Hardin
This program features the pianists who were instrumental in melding popular music and jazz in the 1920s. Without their influence, American’s origin...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Holly Near Live from Caffè Lena
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 822 (Air Dates: Sept 28 - Oct 4, 2020) This week on Art of the Song we visit with singer/songwriter/activist Holly Near as part of our Live Fr...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Varities - Part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Earl Hines
This program features those pianists whose work influenced the future of jazz. In the late 1920s, it was Earl Hines. His experimentations revoluti...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
From Tenor to Baritone
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Seger Ellis
Three major happenings occurred in early jazz vocal. First the art of Crooning became popular, male vocalists singing romantic songs. The second - ...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Call Me Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson
The blues, as it’s called, evolved decades before jazz. Consequently, the blues and jazz coexisted and melded over the years. The original eight an...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
March of the Hoodlums
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fate Marable Orchestra
The title is borrowed from a Hoagy Carmichael tune written when he was in college. It’s a tribute to those talented musicians who are always on the...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Andrew Combs
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 818 (AIR DATES: Aug 31 - Sept 6, 2020) This week we present a special quarantine edition of Art of the Song with Nashville singer/songwriter, ...

Bought by WHRV, KNBA, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, WCUW 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24
The Forgotten Showman
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lew Leslie playbill
Lew Leslie began his career in vaudeville. He was in impressionist. The he broadened his talents by staging broadway reviews. Over time, he introdu...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Where's the Trumpet?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jimmy Noone
As jazz evolved in the early decades of the 1900s, the trumpet became the natural leader, however, there were a few bands that flew in the in anot...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pike & Sutton
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 816 (Air Dates: August 17 - 23, 2020) Our guests this week on Art of the Song are Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton. Based in Austin, Texas, Pike ...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Jazz in the Big Apple
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: New York City, 1923
Although there were several areas around the country that were popular spots for jazz in the 1920s, New York City stood out as the ultimate destina...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Nickelodeon
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Aeriol Piano c.1920
As jazz pianists arrived in Chicago and New York in the 1920s, they found that their income could be lucratively increased by cutting piano rolls. ...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caffè Lena 60th Anniversary Special
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 814 (Air Dates: Aug 3 - 9, 2020) This week we present a special edition of Art of the Song celebrating the legendary folk music club, Caffè Le...

Bought by WBYC Community Radio, WHRV, KNBA, WETS, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23

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