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1929
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1084: Will Kimbrough
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Will Kimbrough on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes acclaimed roots songwriter Will Kimbrough.

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
The Collectors Corner part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Jazz Group is Inspired by Nat King Cole
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
One of the most popular jazz acts ever was the Nat King Cole trio. Cole’s widespread popularity began in the 1940s, and he still commands the atten...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
New Group Inspired by Nat King Cole Hits the Stage at Icehouse this Friday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
One of the most popular jazz acts ever was the Nat King Cole trio. Cole’s widespread popularity began in the 1940s, and he still commands the atten...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
WoodSongs 1083: Songs From The Road Band and Yonder Grove
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Songs From The Road Band on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes NC bluegrass supergroup Songs From The Road Band plus Columbia, TN roots ...

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol, KTRL and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 36
Culture Caravan (9/3/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Sweden's Little Dragon, Peruvian DJ & Producer based in Berlin, Sofia Kourtesis, a new compilation spanning the career of Aust...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSDP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wayne Anthony Fronts 7-Piece Band for Sinatra in the Sky This Friday and Saturday Night
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Wayne Anthony, Credit: David Murphy
Wayne Anthony sings the standards, with a big emphasis on the Frank Sinatra repertoire. This Friday and Saturday, it’s all Sinatra. The show is cal...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Wayne Anthony Fronts 7-Piece Band for a Night of Sinatra
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Wayne Anthony, Credit: David Murphy
Wayne Anthony sings the standards, with a big emphasis on the Frank Sinatra repertoire. When Wayne talked to Phil Nusbaum, they talked about Sinatr...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Culture Caravan (8/27/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Irish singer/songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances, Cuban pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa, Montreal's Anemone + more!

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sol Hoopii
The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adelaide Hall
All music has merit, but there are those that become classic. Whether it’s the composition, lyrics, solo, or the ensemble, the song stands out. Thi...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tailgate to Swing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: J.C. Higginbotham
In the earliest days of jazz, the trombone was a harmony and rhythm instrument. It was background for the trumpet, clarinet or other lead instrumen...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Art and All That Jazz Festival Returns to Burnsville
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The 30-Days Foundation’s Art and All that Jazz Festival comes to the Ames Center and Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville, Friday and Saturday Augus...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Multiple Opportunities to See the Twin Cities’ Acclaimed Balkan Band
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Orkestar Bez Ime, Credit: Stefan Iwasykewicz
Orkestar Bez Ime travels widely to learn folk music from the Balkans, and works with local people. The result is a Twin Cities-based Balkan band w...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Improvisation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Earl Hines
Invent your own composition on the fly, and keep it in a specific number of beats. That is a primary characteristic of jazz and the most demanding....

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
JazzMN teams up with Grammy Winner Diane Schuur for a Night of Count Basie Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: JazzMN, Credit: Donald Jackson
JazzMN is a Twin Cities jazz orchestra that works frequently with international talent. We talk to JazzMN music director Pete Whitman about JazzMN,...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
JazzMN teams up with Grammy Winner Diane Schuur for a Night of Count Basie Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JazzMN, Credit: Donald Jackson
Back in the 1980s, Diane Schuur was singing with the Count Basie orchestra. She recorded with Basie, the recording won a grammy, and now Diane Schu...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Culture Caravan (7/30/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Norwegian singer Susanna, a new collection of the music of the late Mexican percussionist Tito Contreras, a tribute to the rec...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Transitions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Musicians and composers are constantly searching for new patterns of expression. Think of the song “There’ll be Some Changes Made.” But I can’t he...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
CJL-815 Corky Siegel & Ernie Watts
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome two legendary performers in an intimate duet setting. Beloved bluesman Corky Siegel – pianist, harmonica ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Culture Caravan (7/23/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from South Africa's Wren Hinds, Italian Funk band Calibro 35, a tribute to the late Jane Birkin + more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Caravan (7/16/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from the newly-released collaboration from the late Nigerian drummer Tony Allen w/ Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, the new re...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ticket to Brasil Honors Bossa Nova Giant Antonio Carlos Jobin in Great New Show
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Ticket to Brasil, Credit: Andrea Canter
Like all Bossa Nova groups, Ticket to Brasil builds on the musical legacy of Antonio Carlos Jobim. But until now, the group has never devoted an en...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Ticket to Brasil Honors Bossa Nova Great Antonio Carlos Jobin in Big Show at Crooners on Sunday July 23
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ticket to Brasil, Credit: Andrea Canter
Ticket to Brasil Honors Bossa Nova Great Antonio Carlos Jobin in Big Show at Crooners on Sunday July 23 Like all Bossa Nova groups, Ticket to Bras...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:00