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Caption: Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
The musicians that helped establish the importance of the rhythm section in jazz were almost entirely self-taught. As drummer Zutty Singleton said,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 1030 (Air Dates: Sept 23 - 29, 2024) Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm is our guest this week on Art of the Song. She is th...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KGLP, KWMR, KKRN, KKFI and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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SHOW 1029 (Air Dates: Sept 16 - 22, 2024) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is California singer/songwriter Jack Tempchin. Perhaps best known ...

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


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Blanche Calloway
There are several ingredients that led to the creation of jazz. Among those juicy spices are improvisation, bluesy influences, lead and counterpart...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Coming up on Soulsations, a new song by musical genius Stevie Wonder, “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart.” Gospel great Yolanda Adams also has a...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KCUR, WGZS, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
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SHOW 1028 (Air Dates: Sept 9 - 15, 2024) Recently Viv and I had the honor and pleasure of seeing old friend Peter Rowan in concert. At the age of 8...

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


  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: Don Redman
Pianist Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton claimed to have invented jazz. You can hear the critics’ rage. Actually, though, that may be partly true. The...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 1027 (Air Dates: Sept 2 - 8, 2024) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is renowned singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson. Feeling the need to ta...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRZA, High Plains Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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Featuring music from a new best-of comp of Lee "Scratch" Perry's early recordings, Buenos Aires singer/songwriter Tall Juan, Norway's Susanna + more!

Bought by KWMR, Raven Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Composer Andy Razaf
The doors closed for the last time just shy of celebrating 100 years. Lady Gaga had the honor of the last performance in 2014. The Roseland Ballroo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW # 1026 (Air Dates: August 26 - Sept 1, 2024) In a career that spans two decades, New York duo Maura and Pete Kennedy have traversed a broad mu...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUPR low power FM, WETS, Angelica Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: Benny Carter
Indeed, there were a lot of inventive ideas floating around in the earliest years of jazz. Since there were no templets to follow, and no guide boo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 1025 (Air Dates: August 19 - 25, 2024) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is Colorado singer/songwriter, Gabrielle Louise. She is a nation...

Bought by KRZA, High Plains Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUPR low power FM, WETS and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: Harry Dial
Some of the most inventive elements of early jazz include improvisation and solo performances. But there is so much more to the parts that weave i...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by KFCF FM, KSJE, WDSE, KMSU, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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SHOW 1024 (Air Dates: August 12- 18, 2024) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is singer/songwriter Billy Crockett. Billy has recorded twelve so...

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WETS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Caption: Bessie Smith
The speakeasy opened at the peak of the gangster era. Most of Chicago was controlled by the mob. The café boasted a number of top Black performers,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 1023 (Air Dates: August 5 - 11, 2024) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, Beth Hart. She is a chart-...

Bought by KRZA, Raven Radio, High Plains Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Jazz Dance
The music that became known as jazz swept across America in the teens and early 1920s. To the older population, it appeared to be all elbow and kne...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 1022 (Air Dates: July 29 - Aug 4, 2024) Our guests this week on Art of the Song are Rosanne Cash, and her husband/collaborator John Leventhal....

Bought by Raven Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WETS, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCUW 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: Joe "Wingy" Mannone
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by WDSE, KSJE, WXPR, KMSU, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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SHOW 1021 (Air Dates: July 22 - 28, 2024) On this episode Art of the Song we welcome Ronny Cox back to the show to celebrate a look at life from th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Angelica Community Radio, Raven Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: 1920s Combo
In the early 1920s, a small collection of musicians was referred to as a combination rather than an orchestra. In America, though, there’s frequent...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOW 909 (Air Dates: May 30 - June 5, 2022) On this episode of Art of the Song we talk with Noel Paul Stookey, founding member of the 1960s folk gr...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, Angelica Community Radio, WOMR, WCUW 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23