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6 works, including OFFENBACH: Gaîté Parisienne. Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including DELIBES: SYLVIA (Complete - Part 1) (Complete - Part 1) . Razumovsky Sinfonia/Andrew Mogrelia.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 7. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including SAINT-GEORGES: Symphony in G, Op. 11, #1. Chamber Orchestra of Versaille/Bernard Wahl.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 8, #10 (Mvt. 1 only) . Pilsen Radio Orchestra/Frantisek Preisler Jr.; Miroslav Vilimec,...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 57:03
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6 works, including ABEL: Symphony in C, Op. 10, #4. La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including TELEMANN: Sonata No. 5 "Frankfurt" in A Minor, TWV 41, "Frankfurt" ; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including STILL: A Deserted Plantation; Mark Boozer, piano.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:02
Caption: Laamar at First Ave's Best New Bands show in 2024, Credit: James Napoli
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
Caption: Sugar Harp on the WoodSongs Stage.
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
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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
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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
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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
Caption: Lorez Alexandria
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
Caption: Black Power, Credit: Bill Russell RIP
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
Caption: DaShawn and Wendy Hickman make their debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina Sacred Steel player DaShawn Hickman plus singer and finger...

Bought by KUAR, KDLG, KTRL, KENW, KDLG and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Caption: Johnny Hartman's 1964 Impulse Album Cover
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
Caption: Jackie Robinson
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
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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
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"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
Caption: The power of War & Treaty on the WoodSongs Stage.
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
Caption: Amythyst Kiah on the WoodSongs Stage.
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
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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
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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
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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