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Ethel Waters

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

She was known for her terrific voice. Her ability to shift gears from playfully light to low down growl was unmatched. But Ethel Waters’ is also k...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 22, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

The Radio Rascals

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The Gene Kardos Orchestra wasn't know for their hot jazz, but that's not what their bandleader/alto saxophonist had in mind when he brought his gro...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 09, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

The Jazz Wizards

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

By the mid 1920s, Chicago had become, not only a hot bed of jazz, but the home of a thriving bootleg business. Hundreds of speakeasy’s sprung up ov...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX

Added: Aug 19, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 2

The Orpheans

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly. The Savoy ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 01, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

That's All

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 22, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Episode 3 ~ Sound Design

From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design

With the help of Don Maue, a sound designer and Duquesne University professor, we examine the role of sound in video games.

Added: Mar 17, 2014
Length: 09:19

Phase and Flange

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Have you ever heard a Phase or Flange? Once you hear it, you might recognize it, but can you tell the difference between Phase and Flange? This wee...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Dec 03, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

You Are There - Part Two

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

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

An Evening With Al Jolson

From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks

An Evening With Al Jolson

Added: Oct 20, 2013
Length: 29:00

Female Bassists and Drummers

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Usually when a woman is in a band she is singing or playing an instrument that society has deemed a "woman's" instrument. Very seldom do we see a f...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KSRQ

Added: Oct 11, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

Cage Matches

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

When it comes to deciding if one band is better than another, there is always disagreement. Joe Burns and Beth West took the most prominent argumen...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Oct 11, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Creem Magazine

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

The two daily news providers are on strike in Detroit and Barry Kramer and Tony Reay see the opportunity of a lifetime to start their own magazine....

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Oct 11, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

School Daze

From: Off the Dial Music Radio

This program features songs about school and school activities!

Added: Sep 09, 2013
Length: 01:01:56

ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US -- Morgan Spurlock Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA 8/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase

Director Morgan Spurlock talks the ferocity of fourteen-year-old girls, the innocence of young pop stars, and the logistics of camping in the Swedi...

Added: Sep 02, 2013
Length: 15:58

Tom Paxton on Art of the Song

From: Art of the Song

An interview and concert with Tom Paxton in front of a Live audience at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of th...

Bought by WRNC-LP and Delta College Public Radio

Added: May 13, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

Billy Cotton: That Rhythm Man

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 22, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

Love the French Way 6 - Nathalie

From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way

A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

Bought by KUT

Added: Aug 07, 2012
Length: 05:43
Purchases: 1

Episode # 2 - Castaway: Bill Audette

From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs

Bill Audette became our second guest on "Desert Island Discs" and his show aired in March of 2012 on WMPG radio. Audette offers up his vast knowle...

Added: Apr 07, 2012
Length: 29:24

The Songbird: Lee Morse - part 1

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys (not related to today's music known as bluegrass!)

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Nov 21, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

That Barbershop Chord

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.

Added: Jun 07, 2010
Length: 06:14

Legends

From: The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis
Series: Art for Ears

This week we study great legends of the past—legendary performers, legendary recordings.

Bought by KVLU

Added: Aug 24, 2009
Length: 28:10
Purchases: 1

Turning Points

From: The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis
Series: Art for Ears

Many times in the arts, in literature, in any discipline, a turning point in a story hinges on one decision, on one unfolding, on one change of dir...

Bought by KVLU