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This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
An Afterglow tradition returns this week, as I bring you some tradition songs of the season, and play some summertime favorites sung by Frank Sinat...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the film studio MGM, so this week, we’re celebrating one of MGM’s biggest stars: Judy Garland! We’ll take a clo...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Melody on top with a side of shuffle and a shot of swing. Tenor sax man Jerry Weldon is simmering with organ combo, Ben Webster spells beauty with ...
Bought by KECG, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and WKAR
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 02:00:01
- Purchases: 5
Raise a Glass to Steve Albini
- Added: May 13, 2024
- Length: 59:04
A 56:30 special featuring timeless classics from Duke Ellington and his Popular Orchestra with musical guests Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerlad, Fra...
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 56:41
Raise a Glass to Bob Marley, Little Richard, Duane Eddy and more
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 58:24
Our discipline of eternal metaphysics, jazz is the lens thru which we view the world. Techno Cats are a 2023 grouping of above-average players with...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, WVBI-LP, KHNS and more
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 10
We’re once again turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties on Afterglow, to hear the songs from last century that have stuck around. We’ll foc...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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
This week, we’re continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we remember Casey Benjamin, as we listen to him with The Robert Glasper Experiment, Stefon Harris + Blackout, and Ghost-Note.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRCB 104.9, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRSC, KRPS and more
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 58:04
- Purchases: 6
Sounds Jewish greets springtime with an exotically global playlist of emotional Jewish tunes.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Apr 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we explore the passage from one existence to the other as we lose those that are most close to us. We start with a piece I wrote for a d...
Bought by KUCO, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WVTF
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.
- Added: Mar 28, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we explore the passage from one existence to the other as we lose those that are most close to us. We start with a piece I wrote for a d...
Bought by KUCO, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WVTF
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
A celebration of the music and life of the late Steve Lawrence
- Added: Mar 24, 2024
- Length: 56:24
Sounds Jewish celebrates the Purim holiday with a global Jewish playlist meant to boost your mood.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 23, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow play works by Dvorak, Debussy and Brahms from Southern Oregon University.
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWAX and more
- Added: Mar 17, 2024
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 6
