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When Jazz Was Immoral
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lil Armstrong
the 1920s the watchful eye of a moralist group of private citizens known as the Chicago Vigilance Committee delivered an urgent message to the pub...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hawk or Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
"The man for whom Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone." That is how Coleman Hawkins was introduced at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. This program i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
Ep 124: Whiskeyville
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Sixteen more country and hillbilly songs from the dustiest corners of the United States. Featuring forgotten voices, songs, and labels found on 45...

Bought by KSTK and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #116 - "Songwriters At Sea" - Part 4 (John Hiatt / Tift Merritt)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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The fourth in a series of programs that features interviews and music with some of the top names in Americana music over the last 20 years who, in ...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
John Prine discusses songwriting with Studs Terkel (1972) from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Conversations with John Prine from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
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John Prine discusses songwriting and growing up in Southern Illinois. They briefly discuss coal mining in Appalachia, specifically Blackey, Kentuc...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Prairie Public, and KWTF community radio for Sonoma County


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:50
  • Purchases: 3
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #98 - Open Mic Folk Series Pt. 3
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Three musical acts are featured - Sisters Morales, Irene Farerra and Bonnie Bluhm - from recordings made by Paul Ingles during the 1999 Folk Allian...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Dressing Up the ’20s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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The decade that became known as “The Jazz Age” consisted of a lot more than the music. The youth became style conscious thanks in large part to pop...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Who's Calling?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cornet Red Nichols
Musicians were known to violate their recordings contracts fairly regularly in the 1920s. It’s the old story that the talent was underpaid. So, it ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Maxine A Voice From The Past
From: Glen Lasley
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This Is The Voice Of Maxine Who Past Away In 2008

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
Flappers & Suffragettes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Suffragette
As The Jazz Age roared to like in the 1920s so did the suffragette movement. In 1918 women were granted voting rights, and they took that to mean i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ten More From David: A David Bowie Appreciation (Part 2) - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase #53
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 5
Fifty Years of IAJRC
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: IAJRC Volume II
Fifty years ago the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors began publishing the Journal devoted to early jazz.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen - Paul Ingles Music Archive Showcase #42
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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A tribute to singer/songwriting legend Leonard Cohen who passed away November 7, 2016 at the age of 82.

Bought by KFSK, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 8
Everything Was Right: The Beatles REVOLVER - Hour 2 -Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition #026
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of 2. Award-Winning Producer Paul Ingles explores Side 2 of The Beatles landmark REVOLVER album in depth, talking with historians, musician...

Bought by KFSK, WDDE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
Jack & Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell: They each approached their music very differently. At the same time, that’s what made them similar.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women in Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lillian Armstrong
This program is devoted to the creative composers, vocalists and musicians who were so important in the early years of jazz.

Bought by KMUN, KVNF, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Out Where the Blues Begin
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Theodore Roach
To whom do we give the title, "Origin of the Blues"? No one truly knows, but there a several geographical locations that have dibs. Does it matter?

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Study in Style
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Try to arrive at a definitive, all-inclusive understanding of jazz, and you’ll be mistaken. After all, the real beauty of the music is that it cann...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1457 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01/01/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A journey rebooting radio for 2015: From Boston moving south, traveling light from Brazil, hit blues revisited and looking forward. Guitar prowess...

Bought by WOUB, WVBI-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 3
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Pannonica de Koenigswarter
Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
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In Duke Ellington's Eulogy to Billy Strayhorn he wrote, "His greatest virtue, I think, was his honesty--not only to others, but to himself." As we ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1