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Jewish Tango!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Don’t you love an intimate tango? Jewish singers, instrumentalists and songwriters have brought us tangos in Yiddish and Hebrew for more than a cen...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Thanksgiving Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish prepares for Thanksgiving with a global playlist of Jewish songs and shtick about gratitude, blessings, hospitality -- and dinner.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Tiny City That Almost Wasn't
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The water tower of Hilltop, MN, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a tiny town just north of Minneapolis that is entirely surrounded by Columbia Heights. It's called Hilltop. In a way, Hilltop was forced in...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 07:56
John Lennon's UFO (Some Time In New York City)
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Happy October, friends. This episode comes to you from the West Village, NYC. We'll see you next in Oakland (10/21/2022) and Portland (10/23/2022)....

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
221001 Answer Songs and The Root Songs of Root Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Kathy Lynn and the Playboys
Searching for the first rock and roll song in all the music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. This week, we'll start with son...

Bought by KFCF FM, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
World Bridges 22 - 41 Host: Sarah Aronson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Host Sarah Aronson takes you on a musical journey around the world!

Bought by KAMU and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 56:05
  • Purchases: 2
Scenic Route: Spinning Voices brings electronic twist to Swedish folk songs
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
Caption: Cover of Tusen Tack
Spinning Voices is the moniker of David Boeser, a St. Louis Park based electronic musician who uses analog synthesizers and the 8-bit sounds of a c...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 15:43
2111219 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The Girls (From Athens, Greece Approximately 1962-64
As we search for the first rock and roll record in those songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of, we're hearing the tens of tho...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 4 - Monstrosity-The Atomic Brain
From: KPOV
Series: Zombies Of The Stratosphere
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Episode 4 features intense instrumental music plus audio clips from "Monstrosity" aka "The Atomic Brain."

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:32
211211 The First Rock and Roll Record Rare Records and Girl Groups
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Denny Ezba and the Goldens
Every show we search for the first rock and roll record but from before Elvis and from areas far from Elvis. This radio show presents the tens of ...

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


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 6
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