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The Gene Kardos Orchestra wasn't know for their hot jazz, but that's not what their bandleader/alto saxophonist had in mind when he brought his gro...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 09, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of." All the music that came just before the first rock and roll record. Collector's m...
- Added: Aug 23, 2014
- Length: 02:47:19
By the mid 1920s, Chicago had become, not only a hot bed of jazz, but the home of a thriving bootleg business. Hundreds of speakeasy’s sprung up ov...
- Added: Aug 19, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of - From the golden era of Americana, the 1950s - 1970s when popular music and race recor...
- Added: Aug 11, 2014
- Length: 02:50:35
To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly.
The Savoy ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 01, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the time just before the first rock and roll record. From where rock and roll beg...
- Added: Jun 02, 2014
- Length: 02:50:49
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Cornetist Thomas Morris is somewhat of an obscure artist from the 1920s, although he was certainly very active recording with Clarence Williams, Si...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Music from the 1950s to 70s that fits just between rock and roll and rhythm and blues. From musicians you've never heard of, music you wished you ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 02:52:40
Two hours of music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of, all stuffed into a three hour show. Lousy farmers and their daylight sav...
- Added: Mar 09, 2014
- Length: 02:53:20
"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of."
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 02:51:32
Parading with Krewe du Vieux so Christy Grimes did the show. Next week, more of the same slop. Until then, an old show (without edits).
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 01:59:39
Before the Internet, before television, there was the radio. That's how people heard the news and enjoyed their favorite shows. This story is part ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Feb 16, 2014
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
Collectors music from the 1950s-70s, the golden age of Americana. Our sweet spot, the non-hits that crossed the segregation line between race reco...
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 03:08:28
Plus I stubbed my toe, more songs about green stamps than you ever cared to hear and songs by people who's first name is, "Baby."
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 02:52:15
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Collector's music without the pedantic lecturing about the music's provenance. Tonig...
- Added: Dec 22, 2013
- Length: 03:49:25
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 02:49:46
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...
- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 02:38:00
Music from the 1950s to 1970s that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Our sweet spot are songs created by musicians breaking t...
- Added: Sep 29, 2013
- Length: 02:55:29
Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
New music from Quasimoto, Bibio, Integrity and more.
Bought by KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZUM, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 05, 2013
- Length: 57:01
- Purchases: 14
Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
We wanted to hear about Christmas from the under 5 demographic and this is what we got!
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 04:35
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 1