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On this Afterglow special, we pay tribute to bebop legend Charlie Parker, for what would have been his 100th birthday. I’ll feature his recordings ...
Bought by KMUW
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Today's hits are inevitably stolen gems from the past.
Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, WYAP, and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Oct 03, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Brian Laidlaw is a singer / songwriter out of the Twin Cities. For the past year he's been working on a project inspired by Bob Dylan, and made pos...
- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's feature is a conversation Charlie Pulkrabek recently had with two members of the mainstay Twin Cities punk/hard rock band Arcwelder, Sc...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A recent classical music piece was inspired by the poetry written by children in Birmingham, AL, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Think you know music? NPR music critic Tom Moon has found ten artists you probably don't know...but should.
Bought by KLCC, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2009
- Length: 55:16
- Purchases: 3
Spotlight on Eric Clapton as one Who Changed the way Guitar is Played and His Tremendous Influence on the Guitar Community ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2008
- Length: 58:00
The Byrds - Buffalo Springfield Connection and the impact they have on the global music community.
Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, WTIP, and WTIP
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Jan 12, 2008
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 1
A colorful history of the K numbers we use to keep tabs on Mozart's music.
Bought by WMNR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT-HD, WCPN, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more
- Added: Aug 28, 2006
- Length: 58:35
- Purchases: 7
