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The Waller Legacy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
Fats Waller's playful, exuberant jazz performances created the moniker of the "clown prince" of jazz. He relished crowds with his playful stage ant...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
EP203 Saffire The Uppity Blues Women
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Saffire The Uppity Blues Women- A look back at a very unique act consisting of three amazing musicians

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 1
EP202 Joe Louis Walker
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A performing artist for over 6 decades, Joe Louis Walker is one who is due some recognition.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 1
220701 Heirs to Ritchie Valens - The Chicano Guitarist Niche
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Vilas Craig
Ritchie Valens made it as a big success without "passing." That is; without sacrificing his Chicano ethnicity but when he "passed away" the record...

Bought by KCHU, Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 03:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
220619 The Search for the First Rock and Roll Song Includes Amazing Dutch and Finnish Rockers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Fletcher Smith
After airing well over 40,000 potential first rock and roll songs over the last 16 years, we find that the first rock and roll song has more to do ...

Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, WQCS and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 03:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Michael Waldman– "The President Speaks"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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My Fellow Americans, The Most Important Speeches of America’s Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush Michael Waldman, an expert on th...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
220618 The Search for the First Rock and Roll Song finds the Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Boyd Bennett And His Rockets
Theater musicals tell a long story frequently interrupted by songs and dancing. Radio musicals are long series of songs interrupted by my idiotic...

Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, and KPRG


  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eve Ensler – "Meet the Author of the Vagina Monologues"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
220611 Rock and Roll as Dance Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Tracey Dey
The conjoinment of music to dance is assumed but before rock and roll, it was big band swing with musicians like Artie Shaw filling huge arenas wit...

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


  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 04:17:17
  • Purchases: 8
Oliver's Journey
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: King Oliver
Pioneering trumpet artist of New Orleans jazz, mentor to Louis Armstrong, inspiration for the Harmon trumpet mute still used today, bandleader and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220604 Texas Musicians, The Mysterious Walter Spriggs, and Wildcat Records of Sweden
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Monte Easter in Los Angeles 1990
It's always an audio history of the first rock and roll records focusing on the pioneers instead of the tired old "hits." It's perfect for public ...

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 4
Robert Benton– "The Human Stain"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Director of, The Human Stain Robert Benton is the director of “The Human Stain,” which is based on the third novel of Philip Roth’s trilogy descri...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
David Von Drehle– "The Fire That Changed America"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Triangle, the Fire That Changed America Until September 11, 2001, The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest workplace disas...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Swinging Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Nightclubs of Chicago
Chicago became the hotbed of jazz in the early 1920s By the early 1930s, several major big bands took up residence in the popular clubs like the Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220529 Searching for the First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Rhythm Rockers
This weeks searches are in vocal group harmony bands, boleros, and girl groups. Not Motown or Phil Spector girl groups because we present "Music y...

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


  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 04:14:43
  • Purchases: 6
Jerusalem Calling from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We bring you a piece from our partner Kerning Cultures about the Palestine Broadcasting service. We revisit the history of the station and its role...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
C-Melody Man
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Trumbauer
Frank Trumbauer is described as one of the most influential and important jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and '30s, including influencing the Lester...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rep. Mike Thompson: "A Visit with Congressman Mike Thompson, November 2003"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Our guest in this program is Congressman Mike Thompson, who represents Mendocino County in the House of Representatives. He expressed his frustrati...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP201 Reflecting Back
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the past 200 episodes of "Cruising the Blues With Mr. Jack".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 1
EP200 The Chris Duarte Group
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Chris Duarte hails from Texas and has a great defining sound all his own in the Blues Rock genre.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
220522 The Southern Chauvinism of Col. Parker Marketing Elvis As the First Rock and Roll Musician
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Eddie Seacrest and the Rollin Rockets
Thoughts on "group harmony" as a category of music (including "doo wop" and the wide range of group vocals with instrumentation). This music was e...

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


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:04:55
  • Purchases: 5
The Gentleman of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bud Freeman
His nickname was ‘Bud’, but pianist Marian McPartland tagged him “The Gentleman of Jazz”. Tenor saxophonist Lawrence ‘Bud’ Freeman.

Bought by WNMU-FM and KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Dolores Hayden– "From City to Suburb"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820 to 2000 The development and the expansion of homes, where they are and why they came to be ...

  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
220514 Music You've Never Heard By Musicians You've Never Heard Of
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A sort of best of the shows music tonight.

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


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 6
EP199 The 1991 Chicago Blues Fest P2
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Part 2 of the opening night of the 8th Annual Chicago Blues Fest held on Friday, June 14th, 1991.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1

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