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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
This week, we pay tribute to singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. We’ll explore his expansive recording career, which encompassed folk, calypso...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
There is a portion of Copyright law that is starting to come due. It states that if 35 years pass that you can petition for your copyright to be r...
Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Love songs, nothing but love songs! Spanish love songs for El Día de los Enamorados – Valentine’s Day from Sephardic romances from the Middle Ages ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRGY, KSJE, WRTI, KMUN and more
- Added: Feb 03, 2024
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 28
