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A 56:30 special featuring timeless classics from Duke Ellington and his Popular Orchestra with musical guests Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerlad, Fra...
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 56:41
Raise a Glass to Bob Marley, Little Richard, Duane Eddy and more
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 58:24
Our discipline of eternal metaphysics, jazz is the lens thru which we view the world. Techno Cats are a 2023 grouping of above-average players with...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, WVBI-LP, KHNS and more
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 10
We’re once again turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties on Afterglow, to hear the songs from last century that have stuck around. We’ll foc...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Our 1920s retrospective continues this week on Afterglow, as we dive into the year 1922, exploring songs that resonated with audiences and singers ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we’re continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we remember Casey Benjamin, as we listen to him with The Robert Glasper Experiment, Stefon Harris + Blackout, and Ghost-Note.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRCB 104.9, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRSC, KRPS and more
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 58:04
- Purchases: 6
Sounds Jewish greets springtime with an exotically global playlist of emotional Jewish tunes.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Apr 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we explore the passage from one existence to the other as we lose those that are most close to us. We start with a piece I wrote for a d...
Bought by KUCO, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WVTF
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.
- Added: Mar 28, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we explore the passage from one existence to the other as we lose those that are most close to us. We start with a piece I wrote for a d...
Bought by KUCO, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WVTF
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
A celebration of the music and life of the late Steve Lawrence
- Added: Mar 24, 2024
- Length: 56:24
Sounds Jewish celebrates the Purim holiday with a global Jewish playlist meant to boost your mood.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 23, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow play works by Dvorak, Debussy and Brahms from Southern Oregon University.
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWAX and more
- Added: Mar 17, 2024
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 6
With a total solar eclipse just days away, we’re looking up at the sun for inspiration. We’ll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including “...
- Added: Mar 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Added: Mar 09, 2024
- Length: 59:08
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week, we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the Divine One, Miss Sarah Vaughan, looking at some of her best recordings for Mercury Records, ...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, I’ll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like “April In Paris,...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
In the early 1950s, singer June Christy broke away from Stan Kenton’s Orchestra to record solo, helping to establish the “vocal cool” style of jazz...
- Added: Feb 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Carmen McRae was one of the most respected jazz singers in the business for four decades. This week, we’ll explore her early recordings for the Dec...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we celebrate singer and film star Judy Garland. We’ll chronicle her music career and feature many of her recordings from the 1940s to th...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
