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Caption: Hot Club at the Hook poster image, Credit: Hook and Ladder
The Mississippi Hot Club, the Red Hot Django Peppers and Gypsy Mania, three leading hot club jazz bands are getting together for a concert on April...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: GiftedHandz, Credit: Cynthia Abalo
GiftedHandz is a Minneapolis group of young people who have come up playing multiples styles in church settings. When Joe Mason, a GiftedHandz foun...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: GiftedHandz, Credit: Cynthia Abalo
GiftedHandz is a Minneapolis group of young people who have come up playing multiples styles in church settings. The group performs Friday night at...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
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Featuring music from South Korean singer/songwriter Minhwi Lee, Japanese psych band Minami Deutsch, the new release from Helado Negro + more!

Bought by Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Orkestar Bez Ime, Credit: Stefan Iwasykewicz
Orkestar Bez Ime travels widely to learn folk music from the Balkans, and works with local people. The result is a Twin Cities-based Balkan band w...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Beasley's Big Band, Credit: Patrick O'Laughlin
Beasley’s Big Band is Back at its pre-pandemic spot, the Wabasha Street Caves in Saint Paul. Beasley’s Big Band plays every third Thursday at the c...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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Greenwich helped to shape and popularize the girl group sound of the early '60s that included such acts as the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las, and the C...

Bought by KCNP


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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One of the music world’s most active sidemen, Keys was known for his relationship with the Rolling Stones, with whom he collaborated on over twenty...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joan Hutton, Credit: D. Soderstrom
If variety is the spice of life, that’s Joan Hutton. Joan loves composing for varied types of instrumental combinations and playing in varied group...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Moore by Four, Credit: Travis Anderson
In the 1980’s Moore by Four was one of the hottest vocal jazz groups to hit our or any other town. The group of Sanford Moore, Ginger Commodore, Yo...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Loring Park Music Festival Logo, Credit: Chris Thompson
This coming Saturday marks the return of the Loring Park Music Festival, staged by the Citizens for a Loring Park Community. The Festival runs from...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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On this episode of the weekly world music program, we’ll be celebrating Mardi Gras and Carnaval with a vibrant mix of music from New Orleans and Lo...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
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On this episode of The Rhythm Atlas - a weekly world music program - you'll hear an eclectic mix of fantastic music from around the globe: a previe...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
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On this episode of the weekly world music program you'll hear an eclectic mix of fantastic music from around the globe…including a song by Hugh Mas...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
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On this episode of the weekly world music program you'll hear an eclectic mix of fantastic music from around the globe.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
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We continue with more great starter albums to introduce to you for the new year. Making their debut on our show are new artists and albums from Qui...

Bought by WOUB and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Our series continues in exploring the reasons why we're drawn to certain artists and songs. This week, we explore some artists host D Grant Smith h...

Bought by WLPR , WOUB, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Washingtonians
In the beginning, they went by the name, The Washingtonians. But, it wasn’t long before they became one of the most recognizable bands in the coun...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra
Bandleader and violinist Bert Ambrose lead, by far, the most distinguished dance band in England in the latter 1920s and early 1930s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Our theme continues with an exploration into music that connects with us powerfully (and surprisingly) using songwriting that moves. We'll dive int...

Bought by KDLG and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We continue our exploration into the realms of influence that EDM has had in music by stretching into the alternative rock world, folk music, and s...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Johnny Dodds
As jazz emerged as the popular music of the 1920s, it was common to have the trumpet as the lead instrument, however, a few pioneering musicians wa...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Eddie South
Chicago based violinist Eddie South, The Dark Angel of the Fiddle, actually can be classified as worldwide.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we’re exploring some magnificent new releases that have come through both in the past few weeks and also this year. A few friends of the ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KACU, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
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In the first decade of jazz, many trumpet players attempted to reach the level of musicianship set by Louis Armstrong. Two, in particular, were sta...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1