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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
Caption: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
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
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
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
Caption: Thomas Morris
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
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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
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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

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:51:32
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Caption: Bandleader Billy Cotton
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
Caption: "42nd Street" by Warren
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
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New music from Angel Olsen, the Evens, and more.

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Segar Ellis
Ellis was first a jazz pianist and later jazz vocalist who recorded numerous sides with the Dorsey Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and many other...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
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NEW MUSIC FROM R. STEVIE MOORE, DESAPARECIDOS, GRIZZLY BEAR, AND MORE.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, KRCB 104.9, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5
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NEW MUSIC FROM OPEN MIKE EAGLE, LIARS, AND TY SEGALL

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 6
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NEW MUSIC FROM ONDATROPICA, MOUNT EERIE, AND SAVAGES.

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


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Apollo Theater, Chicago, 1920s
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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NEW MUSIC FROM SQUAREPUSHER, BEACH HOUSE, FERGUS & GERONIMO, AND MORE.

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


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 57:07
  • Purchases: 6
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NEW MUSIC FROM ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, FLAMING LIPS, LONE, AND MORE.

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


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5