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Concierto for Sept 20-26 2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Concierto
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by WBAA, WMRA, KACU, KUCO, KCME and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 42
Modern Jetset #211
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new tracks from La Lom, Peter Cat Recording Co., and Parlor Greens, plus a new take on the Talking Heads and a top-notch reggae...

Bought by KSUT, KECG, KRSC, KKRN, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
1stRR: Early Rock and Roll Songs About Hamburgers., 9/18/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: Bobby Davis and the Dazzlers <New Zealand>
Hamburgers and the first rock and roll song(s) are universally associated with America. Let's search for the first rock and roll song in songs a...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
240918 Early Rock and Roll Songs About Hamburgers.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: Bobby Davis and the Dazzlers
Hamburgers and the first rock and roll song(s) are universally associated with America. Let's search for the first rock and roll song in songs a...

Bought by Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Concierto for Sept. 13-19 2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Concierto
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by WFIU, KRPS, WRTI, WSKG, Classic107.3 and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 49
The Spanish Hour 2437: The Classical Side of Paquito D’Rivera
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Paquito D'Rivera
A child prodigy, the Cuban-born clarinetist and saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera is well-known equally in both the jazz and classical worlds. We’ll hea...

Bought by KUER, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, KRZA and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 51
Modern Jetset #210
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new music from Brijean, Clairo, and Remi Wolf, plus an all-star organ trio and some throwback strum and thrum.

Bought by KVSC, KRSC, Raven Radio, KECG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Introduction to the Show
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
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A representative of "the sound, tempo, and presentation" of the show

Bought by Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
Concierto for Sept. 6-12 2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Concierto
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by WFIU, KRPS, KRDP, WRTI, WSKG and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 47
Modern Jetset #209
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new releases from Ray LaMontagne, Whitworth, and WHY?, plus some vintage Afro psych and a handful of offbeat covers.

Bought by KRSC, Delmarva Public Media, KSUT, KVSC, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
240911 Early Rock and Roll From Austrian and Nordic Musicians
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: From Regular Listener JT Lindroos of Finland
Not that you can tell their nationalities as they sing in English with perfect American accents. (Sometimes the instrumentals have a dialect.) Whil...

Bought by Prairie Public and Raven Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 02:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
240911 1stRR: Early Rock and Roll From Austrian and Nordic Musicians, 9/11/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
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Not that you can tell their nationalities as they sing in English with perfect American accents. (Sometimes the instrumentals have a dialect.) Wh...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 02:58:59
240623 Swamp Pop
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: Billy Lee Riley
Of the many regional musics of rural south louisiana, swamp pop was most successful in reaching audiences outside of South Louisiana. It's rock a...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 03:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
240904 1stRR: Songs About Brown Eyes, Romances On The Moon, and Housewife Blues and Revenges, 9/4/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: Masked Men and His Agents
Looking for the first rock and roll song in the unexplored corners of the trash cana of Americana. Rooting around in unsung, talking "lyrics" and ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
240316 Music From The Swampy Bayou
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: Jan Lanhom (Oklahoma)
In contrast to crisp music from urban areas, music from the rural swampy bayous is slower, muddier, funkier. The third hour is early rock and roll...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
240904 1stRR Songs About Brown Eyes, Romances On The Moon, and Housewife Blues and Revenges, 9/4/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: Masked Men and His Agents
Looking for the first rock and roll song in the unexplored corners of the trash cana of Americana. Rooting around in unsung, talking "lyrics" and s...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Concierto for Aug 30 - Sept. 5 2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Concierto
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, WRTI, KRPS, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 47
Modern Jetset #208
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new tracks from Yannis and the Yaw, Call Sender, and Vulfmon, plus a West Coast cityscape and a double appearance from the late...

Bought by KECG, KMXT, KRSC, 106.3 WQSV-LP FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
240828: 240828 Martha Reeves and Sly Stone's First Songs, 8/28/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: The Del-Phis (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas)
Searching for the first rock and roll song means looking before songs and musicians found acceptance and popularity. Before the art could be a com...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
240828 Martha Reeves and Sly Stone's First Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)
Caption: The Del-Phis Soon To Be "Martha Reeves and the Vandellas"
Searching for the first rock and roll song means looking before songs and musicians found acceptance and popularity. Before the art could be a comm...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Concierto for Aug 23-29 2024
From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Concierto
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by WFIU, KRPS, KMUN, WRTI, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 49
240821: 240821 Border Songs, Original Recordings, Car Imitations, Louisiana City Names, 8/21/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: Rudy Preston
Before rock and roll was dollars, it was mere cents so a song featuring a car noise meant the studio wouldn't buy a $1 special effects record. "Yo...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:58:59
240807: 240807 Imitation Crying and Laughing In Songs, 8/7/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: Ada "Cry Baby" Ray
Of all the song lyrics about tears, crying, and laughing; it's a rarity when the singer actually cries or laughs during the song. That's why this ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
240814: 240814 Synthetic Chinese Music and Suicide Songs, 8/14/2024
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Auto Download Version)
Caption: Kathy Lynn and the Playboys (Buffalo, NY)
At the beginning of rock and roll a fad was to add a couple gong strokes and play the black keys on a piano to imitate what Americans thought was a...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
Folk Salad Airdate 8-11-24
From: SCOTT Aycock
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week we celebrate WOMEN OF ROCK!

  • Added: Aug 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:58