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Isn't It Good: The Beatles RUBBER SOUL - Hour 2 -Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition #024
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of 2. Producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history. Over a dozen musicians, music writers a...

Bought by KFSK, KUHF, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
HIS BLUE HEAVEN: A FATS DOMINO APPRECIATION
From: Paul Ingles
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FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentari...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, WHRV, KUNM, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
The Doors - The Singles: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
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Interview with all four members of the Doors: The Late Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek as well as surviving members Robbie Krieger & John Densmore talk...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1534 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/23/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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It's got to be "Prez, Bird, Shearing or the Basie" according to top hipsters King Pleasure and Symphony Sid, singer and radio DJ respectively. The ...

Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 7
Big Drums, No Baton, and a Roasting Swan
From: Josh Swartz
Caption: The orchestra waits on stage before its final performance
This is the story of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra preparing for their final performance of the concert season. They played the Carmina Burana, a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
Levon Helm 75th Birthday Celebration (Episode 1521)
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Full-Time Blues Radio honors Levon Helm for what would have been his 75th birthday.

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Florida Rocks Again! #1
From: Mal Thursday
Series: Florida Rocks Again!
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"The Florida Rocks Again! Deluxe Sampler" Mal Thursday cherry-picks some of his favorite Florida-related records from the '60s, '70s, and beyond.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:59
To Dig Or Not To Dig: Jazz And Hip With Phil Ford
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, exploring the orgins of "hip."

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KHNS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hot Club: Reinhardt & Grappelli
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reinhardt & Grappelli
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Gennett
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Gennett Records label
The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Phase and Flange
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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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
From: KSLU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Based on the Walter Cronkite series of the same name, this week Rock School grabs excerpts of historic rock n roll events and discusses the impact ...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #11: "Jumpin, Rockin Jazz"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev plays early Rock 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Tuiti Fruiti," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Good Rockin; Tonight" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 11th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #6: "Remastered Rhapsodies"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev remastered 1927 Rhapsody in Blue 78., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of remastered 78s records, including George Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra conducted by Nat Shilkret “Rhapsody in ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Texas Music History: Gale Storm
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of June (6/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who was a real force of nature.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
The Beatles Play R&B Covers
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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This is a show featuring cover versions of American R&B recorded by The Beatles!

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:11
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WVAS, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 4
Harlem Goes Brit:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: London of the 1920s
Jazz Historian Albert McCarthy writes in his book, Big Band Jazz (Exeter Books, NY 1974), “When jazz and dance music began to dominate American pop...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Chuck Leavell Back To The Woods Feature
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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A deep listen to Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell's new release, Back To The Woods. The disc is a heartfelt and upbeat tribute to blues piano pion...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Mar 08, 2012
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 1
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/ New Release:Hampton '81
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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An hour long feature on the recently released concert from Hampton, VA on 12/18/81. Show is the latest release from the Stones Archives.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette, Part II
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The 2012 Jazz Master discusses his approach to music.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KMUW


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Genius of Charles Mingus!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was a Jazz musician, composer, and band leader. He recorded over one hundred albums and wrote over three hundred scores. Some of the...

Bought by KCNP, WESM 91.3 FM, Spokane Public Radio, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Making Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on the most pivotal person who was instrumental to his music development.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6