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Minstrel Miller
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Vaudeville
This program is devoted to several vaudeville performers who were forced to ply their trade elsewhere when silent movies and Broadway reviews close...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
A 1929's Valentine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Valentine
Love songs from the 1920s featuring Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Josephine Baker, and many more.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Bolivian Folk Singer Walks Into A Portuguese Dance Club
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
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Chocolate and bacon, watermelon and vinegar, soda and wine — all combinations that shouldn't necessarily work, but do. This week on Alt.Latino, we...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WART FM, and WKAR


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Don's Harlem Debut
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Don Redman was a trendsetter, and inspiration for early jazz. His talents extended to trumpet, piano, alto saxophone, and oboe, but his primary inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Bunny's Bounce
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Roland "Bunny" Berigan
Bunny Berigan’s rise to stardom, and extreme fall has been compared to a hero from a Shakespeare tragedy. In a span of only a dozen years, he emerg...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Duane Chase Interview
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Duane Chase, past and present
Duane Chase shared his experiences playing Kurt Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" film with RadioActive's Clare Martin.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
On the Road
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Broken down automobile
This is a look at the various forms of travel in the early part of the 20th century: horseless carriage, boats, rail, and afoot.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Chanukah: The Good Stuff
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Chanukah, the eight-day Festival of Lights, arrives this week.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
Bob Dylan and the Band - Complete Basement Tapes
From: Joyride Media
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The complete story behind Bob Dylan and The Band's 1967 recordings in Woodstock, NY, now known as the Basement Tapes

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Radio Catskill, KOSU and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Riverboat Shuffle
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mississippi Steamboat
In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St....

Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Over The Back Fence, March 2014
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This marks the 20th anniversary of "Over The Back Fence". "Over The Back Fence" is a community variety show that happens the 2nd Friday of every m...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:31:06
  • Purchases: 1
Over The Back Fence Community Variety Show: November 2013
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show, occuring monthly from Feb - Nov on the second Friday of the month at the St. Mane Theatre in Lanes...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:22:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Bob Weir Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
You Are There - Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Bringing listeners back to historic rock moments with clips of breaking media coverage...again!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Back Up Singers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Did you know Sheryl Crow, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey all got their starts from singing backup? In fact, a lot more artists than you think be...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Great Northern Radio Show - Crosby Edition: From Mayberry Auditorium, Crosby, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Great Northern Radio Show
Caption: Aaron Brown and Nickolai Koivunen: Great Northern Radio Show - Crosby, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

Bought by WTIP and WDSE


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 36
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Country Star Doug Briney, Director Benjamin Wilkins, and the audiobook Dandelion ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
1973 OPEC Oil Embargo
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The OPEC Oil Embargo was responsible for not only bringing our cars to a halt, but its impact was even felt throughout the music industry. This epi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rock Stars' Non-Famous Siblings
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What about the brothers and sisters of famous rock stars? Did they inherit the talent too? Was it dumb luck that their siblings became famous? W...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
iTunes Turns 10
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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iTunes celebrated its 10 year anniversary April 28th, 2013. The Apple music service unquestionably revolutionized the way we buy, store and play a...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
The Kid
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Uke
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cliff Edwards with Ukelele
The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Great Northern Radio Show - Bagley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Great Northern Radio Show
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In this, the sixth edition of the Great Northern Radio Show, we're in Clearwater County and Bagley, Minnesota. And the beautiful Bagley High School...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:56:32
  • Purchases: 1
Interview With Bag of Donuts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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An exclusive interview with a famous cover band from New Orleans.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lil B (Music Fundamental)
From: Mitch Skinner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mitch Skinner examines the career of rapper extraordinaire Lil B.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:13