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Mother Banjo Reissues Optimistic Gospel CD
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Mother Banjo, a.k.a. El...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Mother Banjo Reissues Optimistic Gospel CD and Performs Next Sunday at Icehouse
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. Mother Banjo, a.k.a. Ellen Stanley performs at Icehouse in M...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
A Jazzy Christmas
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: British Biscuit Tin c.1920
Jazz and Christmas were not really considered well suited in the early 1920s. Eventually, as jazz became more popular, a perfect partnership evolve...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sidekick Theater Teams Up with the Minnesota Chamber Jazz Orchestra for a Rat Pack New Years Eve
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Rat Pack New Year's Eve Art, Credit: Brian Pierce
The Rat Pack was what everybody called a bunch of show biz buddies who like to combine getting together for fun, with putting on a show. The core o...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Drummer Peter Kogan Welcomes the Brian Grivna Quartet to Peter’s Thursday Series this Week
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Peter K Grivna Quartet, Credit: assemblage by David Graf
Drummer Peter Kogan features a different group every third Thursday of the month at the Metronome Brewery in Saint Paul. This Thursday at 7, it’s t...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
The Blues I Love to Sing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Victoria Spivey
The 1920s was a time when traditional gender roles were deeply ingrained in society. Women were expected to conform to certain standards of behavio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Caravan (12/10/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music based in Algerian chaabi by Koum Tara, French group No Mad?, Highlife by Ghana's Santrofi + more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Schools Too
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Andy Kirk
On the previous program, the time was spent with the three primary “schools” of jazz: New Orleans, Chicago and New York. It’ now time to spend with...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1092: The Scooches and Jeff Plankenhorn
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Jeff Plankenhorn makes his debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes NYC world folk group The Scooches plus Austin-based songwriter Jeff Plank...

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


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Gwen Matthews and Robert Robinson Celebrate Christmas at Crooner’s Supper Club This Monday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Robert Robinson, Credit: Terence Penister
Gwen Matthews and Robert Robinson celebrate the Christmas season with A Joyful Night of Christmas, 7:30pm Monday December fourth at Crooner’s Suppe...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Culture Caravan (12/3/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Brazilian guitarist Fabiano do Nascimento, French Afrobeat outfit Akata Kolo Orchestra, a new collection of live Cal Tjader re...

Bought by Raven Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Schools of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Although it’s understood that Jazz was born in New Orleans, its siblings did not stay in the Crescent City. First, they migrated to Chicago. Then i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Language of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Spirits of Rhythm
An often times ignored facet of jazz is its hidden language … or “jazz speak”. The music wasn't just about the notes on the page but the language ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Caravan (11/19/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Best Global Music Album winners and nominees at the Grammy's--past and present. Including tracks by Mickey Hart of the Gratefu...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Splits
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
As jazz became popular in the 1920s, commercial orchestras began infusing elements of the new music into their arrangements. The change immediately...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Caravan (11/12/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Scottish singer/songwriter King Creosote, Denmark's ML Buch, Argentinian great Gato Barbieri + more!

Bought by WYAP and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 1090: Bing Futch and Greg Klyma
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Bing Futch playing the Appalachian dulcimer.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes award winning musician Bing Futch plus Boston Troubadour Greg Klyma.

Bought by KMUN, KBRW, KUCO, KEDT, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Culture Caravan (11/5/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Zimbabwe's Edgar Muzah, Quechuan musician Luzmilo Carpio, a song from the new 50th anniversary edition of Bob Marley & the Wai...

Bought by Raven Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
CJL-820 Into the Mist featuring the Chicago Cellar Boys
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we time-travel to 1927 with the hot jazz of the Chicago Cellar Boys in a one-night only “live in-person” version of ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 3
Culture Caravan (10/29/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Italian singer/songwriter Marta Del Grandi, Spain's Maria Jose Llergo, an amazing cover of a Grateful Dead song by Niger's Tal...

Bought by Raven Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Windy City Decendants
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: '20s Chicago
Guitarist Eddie Condon is quoted as saying that there was so much music in Chicago’s South Side in the 1920s, “you could hold a musical instrument ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Chamber Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Miff Mole
In 1917, New York became a hub of jazz activity. At the center of that universe sits Reisenweber’s Restaurant and nightclub at the intersection of ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Caravan (10/22/23)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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Featuring music from Helado Negro, Swedish band Lost Girls, Brazilian musician Ed Motta + more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
CJL-819 The Soul Message Band
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE, would you like to guess who just got inducted into the Hammond B-3 Organ Hall of Fame? That’s right, our featured a...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 10/16/23)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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New music this week from 80's British New Wave champions, Modern English - plus a new record from the Watson Twins, A. Savage, Billy Raffoul, and m...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, KSTK, Raven Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5