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Blue Orleans part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Entrance to Armstong Park
Congo Square: it’s in the heart of old town New Orleans, and considered by many as the birthplace of jazz. Just north of the French Quarter, the ne...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Amy Helm
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 863 (Air Dates: July 12 - 18, 2021) Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Helm is our guest this week on Art of the Song. She is the...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCUW 91.3 FM, KNBA, WETS and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Blue Orleans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 3
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Great for on or near the Fourth of July...or other patriotic holidays. Third of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the c...

Bought by KHNS, KXCV, WXXI Rochester, WHYY, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 1
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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First of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the complicated feelings about life in America - in songs that both celebrate ...

Bought by KHNS, KXCV, WXXI Rochester, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Daniel Lanois
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 862 (Air Dates: July 5 - 11, 2021) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is Canadian songwriter and producer extraordinaire, Daniel Lanois. W...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCUW 91.3 FM, KNBA, KRCB 104.9, WETS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
High Waters
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
She began as a blues singer. Then turned to popular song with a jazz flavor. She was a movie star for her next recreation. And, finally, a gospel s...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians For Peace & Social Justice: Jackson Browne/ Marvin Gaye/ Harry Chapin
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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PEACE TALKS RADIO host Paul Ingles profiles 3 musicians whose music turned the attention of their fans to issues of peacemaking, social justice and...

Bought by KUHF and KSJE


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians For Peace & Social Justice: Jackson Browne/ Marvin Gaye/ Harry Chapin
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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PEACE TALKS RADIO host Paul Ingles profiles 3 musicians whose music turned the attention of their fans to issues of peacemaking, social justice and...

Bought by KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kendra Glenn Soulful Singer
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Kendra Glenn, Credit: Roosevelt Mansfield
Kendra Glenn started singing as a young kid in Chicago. She has blossomed into a busy upper midwest soulful singer who also writes some of her song...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Kendra Glenn Soulful Singer Performs at Umbra in Minneapolis July 2 and 3, 2021
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Kendra Glenn, Credit: Roosevelt Mansfield
Kendra Glenn started singing as a young kid in Chicago. She has blossomed into a busy upper midwest soulful singer who also writes some of her song...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
A Music Mix for America (Single Hour-Long Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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A stand-alone hour of music curated by public radio music host Paul Ingles that celebrates the word AMERICA or AMERICAN or USA in every title. Thi...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Spokane Public Radio, KCNP, KSLU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 26
Noel Paul Stookey - Hope Rises
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 860 (Air Dates: June 21 - 27, 2021) On this episode of Art of the Song we talk with Noel Paul Stookey, founding member of the 1960s folk group...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
The Levi Schwartzberg Quartet Improvises with a Bop Sensibility
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Levi Schwartzberg, Credit: Andrea Canter
The Levi Schwartzberg Quartet reflects detailed study of the Bebop masters of more than 50 years ago, and plays with a refreshing sensibility. In ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Golden Gates
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Club Alabam, Los Angeles
Although it’s not thought of as a mecca for early jazz, California had its day of musical inventiveness. Some of the more famous nightclubs sprung ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. John - Tribute
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW # 859 (Air Dates: June 14 - 20, 2021) Two years since his passing, this week we pay tribute to a true legend. Known to his fans as “Dr. John" ...

Bought by KMUW, WWNO, KNBA, WETS, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
The Look of Music: Of Beatle Boots, High Heels, and Blue Tuxedos
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: James Brown on stage in 1964, Credit: Getty
As live music venues open up, Gwen talks to New Orleans performers about the look of music in their shows -- and their earliest concert memories.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
WoodSongs 1011: The Bands of The United States Armed Forces
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: THE US Navy band Country Current on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this Special Broadcast of WoodSongs we are celebrating the bands of The United States Armed Forces. This best of special will proudly feature Th...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KUAR, KMUN, KTRL, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 39
Marie Miller
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 857 (Air Dates: May 31 - June 6, 2021) Our guest this week on Art of the Song is singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, Marie Miller. A native o...

Bought by KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WETS, Blue Mountain Radio , KGLP and more


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Which One? Sheet Music or Record
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Sullivan
By the late 1920s the day of the sheet music was fading as fewer family members had the musical talent. Piano’s were replaced by the phonograph. Wh...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 856 (Air Dates: May 24 - 30, 2021) Our guests this week are Seattle-based husband-wife duo Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder. Tekla is a sing...

Bought by KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Paul Winter - Legend Series
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 855 (Air Dates: May 17 - 23, 2021) Our guest this week is saxophonist/composer Paul Winter. His musical odyssey has long embraced the traditio...

Bought by KNBA, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Bonding
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Count Basie
Among all of the wonderful bands of the 1920s, only a hand full had the same personnel for a long period of time: Duke Ellington, Count Basie and L...

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  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Stringing Along
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Carl Kress
With the exception of the piano, stringed instruments were the outsiders in early jazz. They were restricted to the rhythm section, and not conside...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Patty Peterson Presents Jazz Women All-Stars Streamed from the Dakota in Minneapolis Twice on Mother’s Day
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Patty Peterson, Credit: Jennifer Bong
Patty Peterson presents Jazz Women All-Stars on Mother’s Day, May 9. The show is available by streaming at 3PM and 7PM this Sunday. Patty gets her ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 08:00