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Duke Steps Out
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jed Barahal– "Cellist Extraordinaire"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at the cello, the kind of musical instrument it is and the sounds it makes. My guest is Jed Baraha...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Washboard Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
In 1927 Hoagy Carmichael was a law clerk. One day he happened to hear a sidewalk phonograph playing a recording of his song. He immediately decided...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
KBFT Native Music Fest - Indigenous
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: KBFT Native Music Fest Series 2021
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KBFT Native Music Fest Series is a Live Community Performance & Interview with the area's most top acts! In this segment we meet with Mato Nanji fr...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
Jason Berry: Sleuth
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
A look at the origins of the word “jazz”. Would you believe that the root of the word is absolutely not what you think it is? After all this time, ...

Bought by WEAA, WNMU-FM, and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Change of Keys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
As jazz became Americas music in the 1920s, the jazz vocalist had to adopt to the key, tempo and pitch changes. This is a very creative era for the...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Dean Pt. 2
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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Hit songwriter Steve Dean talks with songwriter, humorist, and broadcaster Ty Hager about his number-one smash for Rodney Atkins, "Watching You".

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:25
Steve Dean Pt. 1
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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The first of songwriter and humorist Ty Hager's interview with Steve Dean, writer of hits for Alabama, Joe Nichols, and the number one smash "Watch...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:08
Walt Aldridge Pt. 2
From: Ty Hager
Series: Nashville Songsmiths
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Hit songwriter Walt Aldridge talks with Ty Hager about his comeback hit for Travis Tritt, his approach to demo recording, and the rewards of mentor...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:35
Charles Neville: "Loving Kindness is My Religion"
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Saxophonist Charles Neville
Saxophonist Charles Neville was born into one of New Orleans' most famous musical families, and enjoyed a career spanning more than 60 years before...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Leonard Cohen: Evolution From Poet to Songwriter and Singer
From: David Tarnow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leonard Cohen: How a shy, sensitive poet from Canada became a major recording artist. This one-hour radio show documents Leonard Cohen's very firs...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
Women in Jazz: Women's History Month Special
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong
This is a tribute to a few of the more influential women who were instrumental in the formation of early jazz.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WVTF, WNMU-FM, WGTE Public Media, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Billy Taylor
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Billy Taylor played with the best in the business. But his contributions to jazz went far beyond the bandstand.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 8
The Needle Drop: 01-29-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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An interview with Velocities In Music and new tracks from Deerhoof and Destroyer.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 3
The Needle Drop 08-21-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Jaill, Fever Ray, and Fergus & Geronimo.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5
The Needle Drop: 05-30-10
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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We feature the new Ratatat album, and start a mixtape battle with TSURURADIO.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Needle Drop: Vampire Weekend and Owen Pallett
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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This week on the show, Vampire Weekend's Final Fantasy.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 6
An Evening with Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Volume-1
From: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of Music and Interviews with Big Head Todd & the Monsters, recorded live at the Historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by Prairie Public and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 2
Greg Ellis - Biomusique
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Together with Lisbeth Scott, Greg has formed Biomusique which offers textured music that mixes Greg's various percussion instruments with Lisbeth S...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:08
Womemories -- Dory Previn
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Singer/Songwriter Dory Previn talks about her life and work

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
HEAT -- The Beginning of the End
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Just before Nelson Mandela's release from prison, John Hockenberry speaks with South African musician Johnny Clegg and political comedian Jimmy Tin...

Bought by KZYX, WCPN, KLCC, KERA, WCQS and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6