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Sizzling Syncopators
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Noble Sissle
He joined his first society orchestra in 1916, helped organize a regimental band during WWI, teamed up with rag time pianist Eubie Blake, and forme...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 320: Animal Control
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: In the 2006 game Okami players take the role of white wolf Amaterasu, the Shinto sun goddess. The original score uses traditional Japanese instruments.
Hear a musical menagerie of themes from video games with animal protagonists.

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


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Big Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington Orchesrtra
Long before the age of the “Big Band Era”, bandleaders were creating swing in their orchestras. Nineteen-twenty-seven to 1936 was a decade of expe...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 319: Game Brass Spotlight
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The members of The Game Brass explore the vastness of outer space on their 2022 album BRASS EFFECT, which features over 40 musicians.
Classical chops meet video game music with brass ensemble The Game Brass.

Bought by WBAA, Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Gretchen Peters
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 933 (Air Dates: November 14 - 20, 2022) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is Grammy nominated, Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peter...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, WHRV and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
KC Gems
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moton Orchestra
Kansas City developed a unique style of jazz in the 1920s. Musicians borrowed heavily from blues and ragtime. In the process, the band leaders deve...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 318: Inon Zur
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Inon Zur has composed soundtracks for blockbuster video game series like Fallout and Dragon Age.
Award-winning composer Inon Zur joins us this week to talk about his music for titles like Fallout 4, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Sybe...

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


  • Added: Oct 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Songster
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Before there can be a singer there has to be a lyricist. Fortunately, the 1920s were rich in the number of creative wordsmiths. Not to mention the...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 317: Horror
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The 2022 cinematic horror game Immortality charges players with unraveling the mystery of an actress’s disappearance. Nainita Desai composed a haunting original score.
Hear spine-tingling scores from Resident Evil, Dead Space, A Plague Tale and more.

Bought by Vermont Public, KECG, KUCO, WXXI Rochester, WBAA and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Lines of Color
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham's Band
: Jazz emphasized improvisation and individual expression. It became a symbol of freedom and rebellion. Especially for the young. The fact that it...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 316: Austin Wintory and A Journey Symphony
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: For the 10th anniversary of the game Journey, Austin Wintory re-orchestrated the Grammy-nominated soundtrack that launched his career.
Composer Austin Wintory tells us about how his collaborations with musicians represent the heart of his music.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Vermont Public, WGTE Public Media, WNYE, KUCO and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
A Handful of Riffs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lang & Johnson
One entry into the field of jazz that is frequently overlooked is the guitar. It belonged in the rhythm section. That is until Eddie Lang and a few...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 315: Austin Wintory and the Music of Journey
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Austin Wintory's 2012 original score for Journey launched the young composer's career to new heights.
We talk with composer Austin Wintory, the first composer to write a Grammy-nominated videogame score.

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Hanging Out with Royalty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Caravan (9/25/2022)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music by Pakistan's Ustad Noor Bakhsh, the legendary Lebanese singer, Fairuz, Khruangbin and Vieux's tribute to the great Ali Farka Toure...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Chris Hillman - Legend Series
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 928 (Air Dates: Oct 10 - 16, 2022) For our Legend series, our guest this week is Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and country rock pioneer, Chris H...

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCUW 91.3 FM, KHEN-LP, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 314: Massively Multiplayer
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Over 140 million people worldwide have played World of Warcraft.
We’ll explore some of the sweeping scores that accompany these epic worlds, from World of Warcraft to Final Fantasy XIV to Guild Wars and more.

Bought by Vermont Public, WXXI Rochester, WGTE Public Media, WNYE, KECG and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Quality in the Performance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 313: Arnie Roth
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: Arnie Roth conducts the Distant Worlds Philharmonic in a concert of music from Final Fantasy along with video projections of game footage.
We talk with the Grammy-winning conductor and share some of his groundbreaking recordings.

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


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Searching
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Eliza Gilkyson
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 926 (Air Dates: Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2022) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is renowned singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson. Feeling the need t...

Bought by KRZA, WHRV, WETS, KGLP, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Episode 312: Horizon Forbidden West
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: GAMEPLAY
Caption: The 2022 game Horizon Forbidden West boasts a soundtrack that runs more than 7 hours.
A huge original soundtrack that breathes life into a lush yet dangerous dystopian landscape.

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
A Decade in the Windy City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Deeper Voices - Baritone & Bass
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adrian Rollini
When Adrian Rollini introduced the bass saxophone to the front line instruments, several other reed artists were inspired to follow suit. The big d...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1