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SHOW 924 (Air Dates: Sept 12 - 18, 2022) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is Nitty Gritty Dirt Band lead singer and founding member, Jeff Han...

Bought by KRZA, WCUW 91.3 FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WHRV, KHEN-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Adelaide Hall
There was no roadmap to success for the Early instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz. They were in untested waters and out on a limb. Nevertheless,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: KBEM logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Daina de Prez calls herself a piano entertainer, and that’s what she does. Sure, she plays with groups, too, but her main focus is singing and play...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Senter & his Senterpedes
They were called "gaspipe" clarinetists. Their style was very popular in the 1920s. They emphasized peculiar sounds and startling effects, like, sc...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’ll take a journey through the enchanting music of Octopath Traveler, a score full of soaring melodies inspired by the soundtracks of ...

Bought by Vermont Public, WKAR, WBAA, WGTE Public Media, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 921 (Air Dates: Aug 22 - 28, 2022) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is indie singer/songwriter Brooke Annibale. Brooke’s evocative music...

Bought by KRZA, WCUW 91.3 FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KHEN-LP, WHRV and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
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This week, we’ll enjoy the music of the world’s favorite Pocket Monsters: Pokemon! The original titles are full of melodies that bring the collect...

Bought by WNYE, WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
In 1927 Hoagy Carmichael was a law clerk. One day he happened to hear a sidewalk phonograph playing a recording of his song. He immediately decided...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sophia Shorai, Credit: Bernadette Pollard
Sophia Shorai has always sung jazz standards. But her songwriting goes way back in her career, too. The songs she writes are not necessarily jazz, ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sophia Sorai, Credit: Bernadette Pollard
Sophia Shorai has always sung jazz standards. But her songwriting goes way back in her career, too. The songs she writes are not necessarily jazz, ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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SHOW 920 (Air Dates: August 15 - 21, 2022) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is award-winning folksinger DARIA. For the last two decades, she ...

Bought by KRZA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WHRV, WETS, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 919 (Air Dates: Aug 8 - 14, 2022) Our guests this week are Seattle-based husband-wife duo Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder. Tekla is a singe...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KHEN-LP, KUGS Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
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Character of action, freedom of spirit characterizes our mood this day. Starting in the collector’s corner, with Monk’s “Brilliant Corners,” worth ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KRZA, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Mills Brothers
There were several vocal groups in the 1920s that specialized in three-part harmony, but it was The Boswell Sisters and The Mills Brothers set the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As jazz made inroads into popular music, musical producers realized they had to incorporate the new styles into their lavish productions.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: In the 2019 game Planet Zoo, the player builds and manages a zoo full of realistically-behaving animals.  The Indigenous African ensemble Young Mbazo is featured on the joyful original soundtrack.
On this episode of Gameplay, we’ll enjoy original game soundtracks featuring choirs from all over the world, singing in languages from English and ...

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, WGTE Public Media, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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SHOW 917 (Air Dates: July 25 - 31. 2022) Award winning singer-songwriter, Kate McDonnell is our guest this week on Art of the Song. She plays her g...

Bought by WHRV, KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: 1920s Harlem
As it is known today, Harlem opened its doors to jazz long before the music became popular. Not to say it was far ahead of the rest of the world; o...

Bought by KAAD-LP and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The 2022 dark fantasy title Elden Ring takes many players over 100 hours to explore, an experience demanding a massive original soundtrack.
The fantasy epic Elden Ring is massive in every way, from its sprawling world overflowing with detail to the dark grandeur of its original soundtra...

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, WGTE Public Media, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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This week, we’ll saddle up and explore videogame soundtracks that evoke the Wild West from titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, Outlaws, West of Loat...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Fats Waller
Fats Waller's playful, exuberant jazz performances created the moniker of the "clown prince" of jazz. He relished crowds with his playful stage ant...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Twelve Angry Women logo, Credit: Ian Walesch
Theater Latté Da and Crooner’s Supper Club in Fridley stage Twelve Angry Women, Thursday through Saturday July 7 through 9 at 8PM. 12 Angry Women ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: Veteran anime composer Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke) scored the games in the Ni No Kuni series.
This week, we'll explore Joe Hisaishi's music for games in the Ni no Kuni series, where he brings fantasy worlds to life through his trademark melo...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WBAA, Vermont Public, WKAR, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14