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David Harland performs and composes finger-style guitar music. His next show is at the Aster Café in Minneapolis, Thursday November 8 from 8 till 1...
- Added: Oct 29, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
The 2018 Selby Avenue Jazz Fest is coming this Saturday Sept 8 from 11AM till 8PM. It’s centered at the Selby Avenue intersection with Milton St in...
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Dancer choreographer Jenny Larsson enlivens our understanding of how the Far North's deep cold is essential to the balance of the Earth's biosphere...
- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 11:00
Illustrating comics saved Ralph Reese as a teenager. Now, at 68, Ralph's living in South Dennis with a new creative outlet.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 06, 2018
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 1
This coming Saturday marks the return of the Loring Park Music Festival, staged by the Citizens for a Loring Park Community. The Festival runs from...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 08:00
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
American virtuoso Jason Moran is a genius jazz pianist known for performing experimental compositions in collaborative projects with visual artists...
- Added: Mar 26, 2018
- Length: 18:11
This time, we profile Saunders King and Elder Utah Smith — two early pioneers of the electric guitar.
- Added: Mar 22, 2018
- Length: 03:29
The name of the Bulgarian Spring Celebration is Martinitsa. In our town, the celebration brings together the local Bulgarian performing groups for ...
- Added: Feb 22, 2018
- Length: 08:00
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. It’s always a playful combinatio...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 08:00
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. Creating musical surprises is th...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 08:00
