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No Number One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There are a lot of bands that have not had a number one hit. What is interesting is how close some bands came without ever hitting the top. We ha...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
New Year for Trees!?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish celebrates the coming holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees, with Jewish tunes about inspired by the holiday and tree...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1896 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/01/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The main thing is that vinyl be visible (video proof on Facebook Live, YouTube and Instagram Hacksaw Jazz). Musical offerings range from Latin in e...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
Her Turn
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with inspiring, empowering, and historically important music perform...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Snowfall, Snowflakes, and Ice Instruments
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How snowfall fits into climate change, snowflake science, and instruments fashioned from ice actually work...and sound good!

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
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
Milonga for the Pope
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Pope Francis
The story of Argentine Pope Francis's special affection for the Tango of his home country, featuring his favorite orchestras and singers.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220722 Dance Instructional Songs and Synthetic Chinese and Arabic Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Johnny and the Jammers - Johnny Winter's Earliest Band
Back in the mechanical days, for a song to go "viral" required it to be associated with a dance that everyone wanted to learn. Up sprang the "Dan...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
220316 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Eddie Seacrest and the Rollin Rockets
There's a half dozen popular myths defining the first rock and roll record but every week we feature 85 songs you've never heard any and all of the...

Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 7
Tango Tenors
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Tito Schipa
The tenors of tango and their connections to opera.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220129 First Rock and Roll Song - The Short Instrumentals
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock ...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
Pugliese’s Passion and Politics
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Osvaldo Pugliese
The story of Osvaldo Pugliese's music and his conflicts with the Argentine government.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP186 Jimi Hendrix Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This compilation album from 1994 showcases the Blues of Jimi Hendrix.

Bought by WLPR and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1792 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06-03-2021
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Randomizing, we spotlight on 2005 jazz releases times five this episode: Eddie Bon Paris leads, Katrina sent him our way. Piano Professor Oscar Pet...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KRZA, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Sonny Turner: The Important Thing Is to Be Identified for One's Ability
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
Lives in Music: Jim Simpson
From: Robin Valk
Series: Lives in Music
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The man who launched Black Sabbath. among MANY other things.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 31:00
PE 1934
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Checking it out.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, WFHB, KSJD and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Threes
From: Wind & Rhythm
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We're not sure if it’s a magic number, but there are an awful lot of compositions out there with three movements. This week on Wind & Rhythm, we li...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, and WUAL


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
PE 1826
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Did someone say "artists' sets"?

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKWE Niijii Radio, KWMR, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass and Bach a Winning Combination
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Monroe Crossing, Credit: Jamey Guy
Bach and bluegrass. The combination really works, as composer Carol Barnett and lyricist Marisha Chamberlain proved a few years ago when they creat...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Massed Mandolins are coming to Como Dockside
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has 25 mandolins and plays a combination of specially composed mandolin music and tunes everybody has heard. And t...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
"Shout, Sister, Shout: The Sister Rosetta Tharpe Story
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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An interview/music mix with Gayle Wald, author of "Shout, Sister, Shout. The story of Rock and Roll trailblazer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe"

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:26:14
  • Purchases: 3
Rock Star Phobias
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We're gonna talk about phobias. Many musicians and actors have strange phobias. We will even discuss melophobia, the fear of music.

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz Toons (Popular Cartoon themes)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This one hour music program contains covers and originals of some of the best known Jazz themes for cartoon show on television and in the movies. W...

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, WVAS, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 57:14
  • Purchases: 4