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NL 23-52: Santa-O: A Very Hip Christmas, 12/18/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Swinging round the yule log with music from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, violinist Eddie South, pianist Charles Brown, singer June Christy, and ot...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Holiday Rarities!
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On Afterglow’s annual winter holiday show, we’ll explore some less familiar holiday gems from classic singers, including “Santa Claus Got Stuck In ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
HARM 23-53: Drive the Cold Winter Away: Music for the Winter Solstice, 12/25/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
HARM 23-51: Las Posadas, 12/11/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baro...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
HARM 23-50: Holiday Triple Spin, 12/4/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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"Holidays are a great time for music! And this week on Harmonia, we’re going to take a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early compos...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Harmonia Holiday Triple Spin
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Holidays are a great time for music! On this edition of Harmonia, we’re taking a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early composers an...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Las Posadas: Christmas Music from Renaissance and Baroque Mexico
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re heralding in the holiday season with an extended devotional prayer—or is it a party?—called Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition dat...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WCNY


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Bountiful Harvest Music
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels ...

Bought by WVIA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Songs of Thanks and Praise
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Join us as we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WVIA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
A Night Lights Wonderland
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

Bought by KCME, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and WCVE


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
NL 22-52: A Night Lights Wonderland, 12/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates the holidays with jazz from Fats Waller, Joe Williams, Claude Thornhill, and more.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
OLD SCHOOL: Mistletoe Jam
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: “It felt like a kiss...”
Professor Mikey's Old School Christmas special presents a detention hall you may not remember but you will never forget!

Bought by KDUR and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Oh Haec: This is the day the Lord has made
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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There’s an antiphon that features in the masses for Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Its words begin: “This is the day the Lord has made,” and e...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
A Shortcut 2021 Tribute Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Strange Enchantment: Jazz for Halloween
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Music for the holiday from Duke Ellington, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kay Starr, and others. We'll also hear comedian Lenny Bruce's impersonation of Drac...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcuts Back To Work
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: The Worker
Labor Day extended special with history of worker's daily struggles mixed with cultural and musical references

  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:07
The Songs That Won The War (Memorial Day Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special, we look at the songs of World W...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSKA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
HARM 20-52: There Were Shepherds, 12/21/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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It may be nearing the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! This week on Harmonia, we’re going outside-- not into the snow, but ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
NL 19-51: A Cool Christmas, 12/16/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates the holiday season with from Paul Bley, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, June Christy, and more.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Christmas Carols, Chant and Legend
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
Caption: A Saint Nicholas miracle legend: The dowry for the three virgins, depicted by Gentile da Fabriano, (c. 1425, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome)., Credit: (Wikipedia)
An hour-long program of early music, celebrating Christmas from a variety of traditions, including the original tunes of two well-known carols, me...

Bought by WUAL, KTTZ, Tri States Public Radio, KWIT, KTTZ and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
Holiday Special: "There Were Shepherds"
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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It may be nearing the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! On this holiday edition of Harmonia, we’re going outside – not into ...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Venice, Naples, Milan and Beyond
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the holiday season with Nativity music from the late Renaissance to the early 17th century in Europe, performed by the musicians ...

Bought by Tri States Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, KWIT, WNIJ, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
A Baroque Christmas in the New World
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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An hour-long program of early music, celebrating the holiday season with festive music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia perform...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KWIT, High Plains Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNIJ and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
New Year's Mummers Day Parade
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Mummers Day Parade, Credit: Rebecca Moon
The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s un...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 23:29