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Music you've never heard from the 1950s to the 70s but, then again, it sounds so familiar. Familiar because my show features that precursor music ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:46:41
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Somethings you can't take for granted - roots music and gravity. Both are down to earth but ignored. Music you've never heard by musicians you've...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:18:32
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Topical sets of music about Russia and a return to the WWOZ kitchen/sound effects department where I found the makings of my own Prairie Home Compa...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:49:58
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Part one of the "other music of Bo Diddley" and black pioneers of rock and roll. This is a draft version awaiting the recovery of a backup recordi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:04:32
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Music from the golden age of Americana - the 1950s to 1970s that you would have heard if public radio existed. Oh, just give it a listen and hear...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:49:17
Caption: Sheik Azzurri of the French Quarter
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because you really are sick of the same old stuff but you still remember that music was...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 03:27:36
Caption: BONGOS!  A gift from Lexie and Cletus left at the station today., Credit: Lexie and Cletus Montgomery
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950's to the 1970's. The golden age of Americana when race records and popul...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:56:22
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
Another Saturday night in the French Quarter of New Orleans serving up music you've never heard from musicians you've never heard of. Tonight feat...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:55:53
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A pop up music club that is so local to you that you're already there. Just open your ears and close your eyes to experience New Orleans' best mus...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:50:31
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Music from before David Bowie, Lou Reed, Harry Nillson, Vanilla Fudge and others found their commercial sound. Guess what? It sounded like what w...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:02:24
  • Purchases: 1
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First half of the show focuses on the rarely heard New Orleans R&B songs and artists of the early 1950s. Rick Coleman who authored the definitive ...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:48:17
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A long game of "before they were..." A game for tracking a musician's output from before they found their sound (or were branded with a sound). O...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:10:23
Caption:  The one on the left is Kevin  Rivell. The one on the right is Joey King., Credit: Dan Nowakowski
I went looking to do a piece about a crazy parade, but I found a deeper story of working families keeping up their traditions and spirits in tough ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
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Absolutely irreverent holiday music and other songs from Richard Cheese, Twisted Sister, Bubble, Casey Desmond and Grisbi all put together like a p...

Bought by WDSE, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Dec 23, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Several Recorded Spots Defining WTMD's Fundraising

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2005
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1