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Black History Month Jewish Style
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish commemorates Black History Month with great Jewish tunes performed by African-Americans and some Jewish-Americans – plus many of the ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2024 Reflections and Celebrations
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" welcomes 2024 with Jewish tunes for reflecting and celebrating..

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
New & Classic Chanukah Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with a cheerfully curated hour of new and classic holiday tunes.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Jewish Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
With the recent induction of Al Kooper into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, “Sounds Jewish” celebrates Jewish Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers and othe...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands Returns to the West Bank This Weekend
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
It’s the 40th year of the Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands. It’s held at the Cabooze this Sunday starting at 12:40 PM, with a 4PM Saturday pre-p...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
A Jewish #Jazzuary
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” celebrates #Jazzuary – yes, that’s a monthlong thing – with a down-home hour of Jewish jazz.

Bought by WVTF and WLPR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Professor Mikey's New Year's Revolution
From: Mike Flanagan
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The perfect New Year's mixtape, complete with rarities, standards, surprises, blatant nostalgia, sincere resolutions, unashamed hope, and serious p...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KMSU, KMXT, KSUT, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 25
Geezer Rock: November 4-10, 2022--rerun (Featured Geezer: Joe Bouchard of BOC)
From: Jeffery Robert Lindholm
Series: Geezer Rock
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New music by geezers who rock!

Bought by WTJU, KSRQ, KSTK, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
211204 The First Rock and Roll Song Including Fay Simmons, Freddy Fender, and Musicians From Outside the US
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Fay Simmons
Every show we explore the endless examples of rock and roll music from before Elvis and from unexplored locations. This radio show presents the te...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), WQCS, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:56:16
  • Purchases: 6
211127 The First Rock and Roll Song!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Edgar Blanchard
Scratching through another corner of my endless musical library - songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. All of which could...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 7
211120 The First Rock and Roll Song!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Cats and the Fiddle
There is a belief that the first rock and roll song was centered around Elvis but in the post World War II era there was a new music with so many s...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, KFCF FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 5
211114 Jamie's Boring Traits
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The billiard ball removal saw. (Cut 'em in half and spit 'em out.)
While listing all his boring traits, Jamie tries to demonstrate a "cool trick" but gets a billiard ball stuck in his mouth. He performs an billiar...

Bought by KFCF FM, WQCS, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
211106 The 500th Show of First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Earthquakes
Starting with music from outer space because that's what was considered the origination of the first rock and roll song. In its time it was as ali...

Bought by KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 5
211010 The First Rock and Roll Record - Louisiana
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:26
  • Purchases: 7
211024 Music of South Louisiana and the First Rock and Roll Song(s)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Shake Spears
There are endless examples of rock and roll music from before Elvis, The Beatles, or whoever else has the title of "first rock and roll song." Thi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:29
  • Purchases: 5
2111010 Outer Space songs and the Band Box and Quality Record Companies
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A focus on the Denver and Toronto regional record companies of Band Box and Quality plus a long segment on "music from outer space" based on the in...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:46:26
  • Purchases: 6
211007 Short Intense Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Songs that are only between 90 and 100 seconds are the communications professor's dream of - "the direct, active voice." No lengthy introduction o...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 04:11:25
  • Purchases: 4
211002 Something Wistful and Poetic Plus the First Rock and Roll Song(s)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Supersecos
After a hurricane reminds you that only a veneer of safety keeps you alive, it's easy to get wistful about what is important. It's not the posses...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 04:47:45
  • Purchases: 5
210925 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The Universals
Scratching through another corner of my endless musical library - I found a great deal of songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:56:06
  • Purchases: 5
210918 Little Ray Jimenez and the First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Little Ray
Little Ray was a Los Angeles sensation because he could command a stage and audience - a talent that stood out even in a city full of entertainers....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:14
  • Purchases: 4
210911 The First Rock and Roll Song - J & S Records
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Featuring the music from J&S records, a record company started by a Black woman in 1956, Zell Sanders. Also couplets of sound-alike songs. Two un...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, WYAP, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:21
  • Purchases: 5
210904 The Quest to Find The First Rock And Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: 4 Pennies
The first rock and roll music arguably was centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:15
  • Purchases: 4
210828 The Gravity Test and The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music from the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. The first music w...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:06
  • Purchases: 4
210815 Searching for the First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The first rock and roll song with a focust on music and musicians from the bayous of Louisiana. Where the sticky humidity and ever-present liquor ...

Bought by Prairie Public and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:45
  • Purchases: 2
210822 Searching for the First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Searching for the first rock and roll record, means finding tens of thousands of records that could legitimately be the "first record," I think t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 4

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