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David Greenham has been a resident of Maine since the summer of 1985 when he moved here with a group of friends from Syracuse University to begin a...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:20:19
Caption: Bandleader Merle Johnston
This is a glimpse at some of those talented bands of the 1920s and ‘30s who only recorded a few sides in their brief careers. There is some buried...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
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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: Mactalla Mor, Makke, Contea, Keys2Eden, John Batdorf, ‘Eden Mi Qedem...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: Frankie Teschmacher
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
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: "Abbott & Costello" (Joe Bevilacqua & Bob Greenberg)
An authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills, produced by veteran award-winning r...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Steve & Sandro Albert, Credit: Steve Edwards
Sandro Albert's love affair with music began on the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil. At the age of 14, Sandro bought his first guitar from an ice c...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:14
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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: Noble Sissle
Bandleader, vocalist, pianist and composer Noble Sissle began his career in 1915 when he joined ragtime-vaudevillian Eubie Blake. Together they wr...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: G.P. Putnam's Sons jacket cover, Credit: Natalie C. Sousa, cover design
Meg Rosoff, a Printz Award-winning author, returns to the young adult marketplace with "There is No Dog," a provocative and imaginative novel starr...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 21:06
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From "Full House"..."The Tonight Show"...Animal Planet... to doing Voice Acting for The Real Ghostbusters...Here's DAVE COULIER. He talks about Hoc...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Bert Ambrose
The music Ambrose performed and recorded through the late 1920s and early 1930s was meant for dancing. Although he didn't experiment with his arran...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Travis Yost, Caroline Keys, Gibson Hartwell, Bethany Joyce, Rick Bass
This hour-long program from Montana Public Radio features award-winning author Rick Bass reading with the Missoula-based band Stellarondo, which ha...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Two hour music show; Holiday and Christmas tunes

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KRPS, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: George Gershwin
In recognition of Hanukkah, this show is dedicated to the Jews who catapulted popular music to stage and radio from the 1900 to the early 1930s.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KWIT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Charming New Christmas Modules Your Listeners Will Love!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua
A new collection of twelve 2 to 7 minute charming holiday modules by noted Spanish author Pedro Pablo Sacristan, produced by Joe Bevilcqua. Great...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave Goelz on set, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Dave Goelz
A one hour special featuring performers, writers, and puppeteers who worked with Jim Henson from the beginning. The program includes interviews, o...

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KWMR, WNIN, KZYX, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:07
  • Purchases: 6
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Stories of 'Thanksgiving' and 'Giving Thanks'.

Bought by KTXK, WRGY, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Kenny Johnson takes us inside the "Sons of Anarchy" and NBC's "Prime Suspect".

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: Daws Butler's Halloween Happening, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 45:24
Caption: An outdoor preview of The Fantasticks, Credit: KQAL
Melissa Rain Anderson, Director of this season's musical at The Great River Shakespeare Festival gives us insight on "The Fantasticks". Learn more ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
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An audio postcard about the culinary side of the 41st Annual Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:57