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On this edition of Harmonia, we're exploring music inspired by the bird who often proclaims warmer weather...the cuckoo, and its association with h...
- Added: Jul 30, 2024
- Length: 59:01
This week on Afterglow, for Bastille Day, we turn to the music of Paris to hear music written "dans la Mode française," performed by Madeleine Peyr...
Bought by WLRH
- Added: Jul 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...
- Added: Jun 27, 2024
- Length: 59:02
A one-hour tribute to The King of Swing...Benny Goodman! 2024 marks the 115th anniversary of his birth. We're celebrating with an impressive playli...
- Added: May 11, 2024
- Length: 55:24
The rise of big bands in the 1930s and 40s played a key role in the popularization of jazz, and provided a soundtrack for Americans navigating a ch...
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
The 1960s is one of the most talked-about, argued-about, mythologized periods of American history. This edition of Night Lights highlights some wom...
- Added: Mar 01, 2024
- Length: 59:02
In 1433, around 3:00 PM in Scotland in high summer, the sun vanished. This total solar eclipse came to be known as “The Black Hour.” Join us this ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Eclipses are awe-inspiring even today, but imagine witnessing an eclipse in the days before dollar-store glasses. You might not know why the sun wa...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:01
A profile of the pianist, singer, actress, and civil-rights activist, whose music drew on influences from classical to boogie-woogie, and who was t...
Bought by KVCR
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
https://indianapublicmedia.org/porchlight/note-to-self.php
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The hours around dawn, reflected upon in story and song.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll, remembered in story and song.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:02
An optional second hour with more of our celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from Sly and the Fam...
Bought by WETS, KFSK, WUTC, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 59:03
A deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today. ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 14
A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.
Bought by WNMU-FM, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Swinging round the yule log with music from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, violinist Eddie South, pianist Charles Brown, singer June Christy, and ot...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 59:02
On Afterglow’s annual winter holiday show, we’ll explore some less familiar holiday gems from classic singers, including “Santa Claus Got Stuck In ...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:01
Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baro...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:02
"Holidays are a great time for music! And this week on Harmonia, we’re going to take a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early compos...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:03
Holidays are a great time for music! On this edition of Harmonia, we’re taking a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early composers an...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:03
We’re heralding in the holiday season with an extended devotional prayer—or is it a party?—called Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition dat...
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WCNY
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 2
We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels ...
Bought by WVIA
- Added: Oct 24, 2023
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 59:02