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The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson
From: Paul Ingles
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Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 29
NL 23-33: Mob-Lee: Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley, 8/7/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxophonist Hank Mobley were two leading exemplars of the 1950s and '60s hardbop sound and recorded together on a number ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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....

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #316
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #315
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Maria Callas: The Enduring Icon
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, the WFMT Radio Network and Jon Tolansky present an exclusive documentary memo...

Bought by KENW, Troy Public Radio, WDPR, WQXR, WILL and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
HARM 23-35: Abel at 300, 8/21/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Carl Friedrich Abel performed on and wrote for the viola da gamba in a time when its popularity was declining. This week on Harmonia, we’ll explore...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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
NL 23-32: After The All-Stars: Jazz At The Lighthouse, 1960-1972, 7/31/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Live recordings made at the nightclub in Hermosa Beach, California, featuring Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, and others.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
A Sinéad O'Connor Sampler: Thank You For Hearing Me
From: Paul Ingles
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles leads a thoughtfully curated hour of 11 of Sinead O'Connor's most impressive and varied performances,...

Bought by KTNA, Prairie Public, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, North State Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 23
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #312
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #311
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 23-31: The Great Columbia Jazz Purge: Coleman, Evans, Jarrett and Mingus, 07/24/23, 7/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1971, Columbia Records signed four of modern jazz's greatest artists. Within two years all four were gone. What happened?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
TONY BENNETT - Class Act
From: Paul Ingles
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Music highlights from the remarkable career of one of the most revered pop singers in American history, Tony Bennett, who passed away July 21, 2023...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, KOSU, RADIOLEX, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
DC 2329
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Rockin' Revisit

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Side Man
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
He was destined to become the greatest cornetist in America before 1960. Yet, he was humble and unassuming. Today, it is difficult to think of him ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
NL 23-29: Paris Noir: Black American Jazz Musicians In France, 7/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the years following World War II, Black American jazz musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Kenny Clarke, and Bud Powell took up residence in France,...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #310
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #309
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ, KMXT, and WPVM 103.7


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 3
HARM 23-30: Renaissance Women: The Music of Courtesans, 7/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Before they were tragic characters in nineteenth-century opera, courtesans were the original Renaissance women: highly educated, socially refined, ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
HARM 23-29: Juan del Encina: King of the Cancioneros, 7/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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This week on Harmonia, another nod to the program’s 30th anniversary, with a program inspired by an episode from 1992 featuring the music of Spanis...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
NL 23-28: Swing That Music: Louis Armstrong in the Big Band Era, 7/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi joins us to discuss a vital and often-overlooked period of the trumpeter’s career.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Music Archive Showcase #154 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9

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