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Our 1920s retrospective continues this week on Afterglow, as we dive into the year 1922, exploring songs that resonated with audiences and singers ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
There is a portion of Copyright law that is starting to come due. It states that if 35 years pass that you can petition for your copyright to be r...
Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
This week on Afterglow, I’ll explore the influence of country music on jazz and traditional pop songs from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. We’ll hear coun...
- Added: Jan 02, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Every year, we take the final show and say a thank you and raise a glass to the musicians who passed. This is that show.
Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KTRL and more
- Added: Dec 24, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
A celebration of soprano Maria Callas's voice, life, and legacy in honor of her centennial.
Bought by WCLV and Interlochen Public Radio
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 2
Music celebrities that have passed often have fans that come to the grave sites and leave gifts. Here is a list of some of the more famous ones.
- Added: Oct 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
The Rolling Stones are putting out new hits. Mick Jagger is 80. Is he the oldest person to have a hit? Not by 21 years. The oldest person to go...
- Added: Oct 08, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Celebrating the most notable baritones of Golden Era Tango.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WXXI Rochester
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Celebrating the music of tango musician Florindo Sassone.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WXXI Rochester
- Added: Aug 16, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The “conditional love song” became a staple of musical theater in its golden age, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll listen to jazz interpretations ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2022
- Length: 59:00
In the last of three episodes celebrating Judy Garland’s 100th birthday, we take a closer look at her final years in the 1950s and 60s, and her man...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 59:00
The people of Colombia love Tango and have honored Carlos Gardel's legacy since his tragic death there in 1935.
Bought by WXXI Rochester
- Added: Jul 12, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special this week, we look at the songs ...
- Added: May 11, 2022
- Length: 59:00
This is our last show of the year. We always take this show and give one last tip of the hat to those who gave us great music but sadly passed awa...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KWIT, KTRL, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB
- Added: Dec 19, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Strength - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded...
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 01:01
The annual Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival, held 1-7 PM on Labor Day at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis presents the best of local bluegrass, plu...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Many of our most beloved remakes of songs came originally from the music of the 1930s and 1940s. This edition of the Make Believe Ballroom plays or...
- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 58:01
Listen to a special edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM where Jeff Bressler plays only Grammy Hall of Fame inducted records from the 1930s and 194...
- Added: Jan 04, 2021
- Length: 58:03
On this week’s MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, heard on Public Broadcasting and Community Radio stations across the US and in the UK – A Philadelphia Cowbo...
- Added: Dec 27, 2020
- Length: 58:02
- Added: Dec 20, 2020
- Length: 58:46
- Purchases: 1
A salute to the Holiday Season and the impact the music of the 1930s and 1940s has had in creating the beloved Christmas canon.
- Added: Dec 13, 2020
- Length: 58:00
On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM – A special birthday song, a records heartache, first time ever recording, from the top to the bottom,...
- Added: Dec 07, 2020
- Length: 58:04
On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM a great Helen O’Connell quote, jazz, swing and hillbilly all rolled into one, Tiny, Shorty and Big, th...
- Added: Nov 16, 2020
- Length: 57:58
A wonderful MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM this week as we visit Harry James and his lucky number, Les Brown and His Band of Renown seven decades of music, ...
- Added: Sep 28, 2020
- Length: 58:00
On this weeks edition of MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM songs and stories featuring the De Marco Sisters and a nickname given to a star, how the song Linda ...
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 58:00
