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6 works, including WILLIAMS: Job: A Masque for Dancing. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Andrew Manze.
- Added: May 01, 2024
- Length: 57:01
6 works, including GLAZUNOV: Impromptus (2), Op. 54 (2) ; Tatjana Franova, piano.
- Added: May 01, 2024
- Length: 57:00
6 works, including GLAZUNOV: Spring (Vesna), Op. 34 (Vesna) . Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi.
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 56:59
6 works, including OFFENBACH: Gaîté Parisienne. Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit.
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 57:01
6 works, including DELIBES: SYLVIA (Complete - Part 1) (Complete - Part 1) . Razumovsky Sinfonia/Andrew Mogrelia.
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 57:01
In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...
- Added: Apr 08, 2024
- Length: 05:39
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Alabama bluesman Sugar Harp plus Piedmont blues artist Gail Ceasar.
Bought by KBRW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEJP-LP 107.1, KENW, Angelica Community Radio and more
- Added: Jan 31, 2024
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 36
This week, we’re celebrating the rich baritone voice of jazz singer Johnny Hartman, who would have turned 100 years old on July 3rd. We’ll explore ...
- Added: Jun 19, 2023
- Length: 59:00
In the 1970s, singer Roberta Flack made a name for herself performing covers of songs by folk singers and other little-known artists, creating, in ...
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul,” was an enigmatic and eccentric figure in the world of jazz. This week on Afterglow, we’ll feature Simone...
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week, I’ll introduce you to the music of two underrated female singers, revered among jazz aficionados: Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis.
- Added: Jan 09, 2023
- Length: 59:00
A late-summer tribute mix of music, history and celebration featuring some of those who have left us--while striving to move the world towards a be...
- Added: Aug 21, 2022
- Length: 59:07
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina Sacred Steel player DaShawn Hickman plus singer and finger...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 42
Few singers had as much of an influence on the next generation as the suave, full-throated “Mr. E” Billy Eckstine. This week, we’ll explore the wor...
- Added: Jun 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus, and others.
Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 12
We usually think of Billie Holiday as a small-group singer, but she also worked with several big bands. This week on Afterglow, we’ll hear Holiday’...
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.
- Added: Aug 15, 2021
- Length: 56:45
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
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Southern Gothic folksinger Amythyst Kiah plus Australian virtuoso guitari...
Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol, WETS, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2021
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 34
Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 56:40
Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 58:25
- Purchases: 6
Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 58:25
- Purchases: 6
Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...
- Added: Jul 10, 2020
- Length: 02:25
Perseverance - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditiona...
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 01:31
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:05
