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Emmy Award winner Julie Giroux worked in Hollywood for years and her credits are formidable. When she thought of giving Christmas gifts to the high...

Bought by WILL, KUCO, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WVRU and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
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Mory's Temple Bar is more than just a New Haven restaurant - it's a Yale University tradition. The story of Mory's goes hand-in-hand with the story...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
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Two men and a boy were taking a load of wheat to a mill and while they stopped to rest for the night one of them played the fiddle. On the other si...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
Caption: singing canditates
VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman and composer & arts blogger Brian Rosen explore election season songs and the history of presidential candidates’ singi...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:01
Caption: Willie "the Lion" Smith
He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
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For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Muggsy Spanier, Credit: photo by Charles Peterson
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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n Hawaiian Hula, singing and dancing going hand in hand. Join Patrick Makuakane, director of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, a hula school and performance ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen wrote some of the greatest hits jazz and popular music, including the entire score to the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. But there a...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Barbarian Pipe Band, Rudy Barrett, Paisley Close, The Slip, Brobdingna...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:33
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Throwed Together, Rodney Cordner/Jean-Pierre Rudolph, Quagmyre, Sharon...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Mactalla Mor, Makke, Contea, Keys2Eden, John Batdorf, ‘Eden Mi Qedem...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Great Northern Radio Show
Presented by Producer and Writer Aaron Brown along with Northern Community Radio (KAXE/KBXE), this live variety show features Jim Miller, Two Many ...

Bought by KSRQ, WDSE, and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Harry Warren
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Janis Joplin's friends and family talk about her final album,"Pearl."

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
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Leonard Cohen and friends talk about his music and influence.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WYAP, WHRV, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
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"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tiny Dancer
Join us at the 'Irish In Birmingham Activity Centre' in England as we grab an insight into how one group of 'Yeehaa Grandmas' plan to cause a stir ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:16
Caption: Coconut Grove nightclub, Credit: soulsafari wordpress
In 1921, the Coconut Grove nightclub was the place to see and be seen. Hollywood stars frequently the club located in a peaceful rural setting sur...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Edythe Turnham & her Band
The early history of  jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Sheet Music Cover
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
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An hour long look at Keith Richards' solo work as well as some of his best known work with the Stones.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:25