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Ross Sutter Performs Swedish Christmas Music This Weekend at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ross Sutter, Credit: Mary Lofgren
Ross Sutter researches and performs traditional Swedish songs and tunes. You can catch Ross with Art Bjorngjeld in a craft market setting, Saturday...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
211127 The First Rock and Roll Song!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Edgar Blanchard
Scratching through another corner of my endless musical library - songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. All of which could...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 7
211120 The First Rock and Roll Song!
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Cats and the Fiddle
There is a belief that the first rock and roll song was centered around Elvis but in the post World War II era there was a new music with so many s...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, KFCF FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 5
DWFC-21-07: Beethovenfest - Prometheus Variations with star guest Cameron Carpenter , 11/15/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
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He was a rebel and a trickster, a thief with lofty intent, a champion of mankind against the gods: Prometheus. The Greek titan who stole fire from ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
211114 Jamie's Boring Traits
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The billiard ball removal saw. (Cut 'em in half and spit 'em out.)
While listing all his boring traits, Jamie tries to demonstrate a "cool trick" but gets a billiard ball stuck in his mouth. He performs an billiar...

Bought by KFCF FM, WQCS, KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Stephen Graham Jones
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Stephen Graham Jones talks about his new slasher-homage novel, "My Heart is a Chainsaw."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and wildlife biologist Doug Chadwick discusses his new book, "Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature that Just Might Save Us All."

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KVNF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
211106 The 500th Show of First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Earthquakes
Starting with music from outer space because that's what was considered the origination of the first rock and roll song. In its time it was as ali...

Bought by KPRG, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Magic
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Magic, Credit: Julia Meek
Abracadabra! This week on Folktales, we're tracking supernatural phenomena around the musical worlds they mesmerize. A frightfully fun show--hope y...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, KFOK-LPFM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 4
211010 The First Rock and Roll Record - Louisiana
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:26
  • Purchases: 7
211024 Music of South Louisiana and the First Rock and Roll Song(s)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Shake Spears
There are endless examples of rock and roll music from before Elvis, The Beatles, or whoever else has the title of "first rock and roll song." Thi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:29
  • Purchases: 5
S06 Ep08: Marching to a Different Drum, Part 2, 10/23/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Take a look at any percussion section in a wind band or orchestra, and it’s generally full of men. This week, we’ll turn that on its head, as we l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:31
Jenny Klukken’s Marimba Stakes Out Unique Musical Turf
From: KBEM
Caption: Jenny Klukken, Credit: Adrian Suarez
Jenny Klukken takes the marimba into unexpected musical places. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Jenny talked about her distinct musical path.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
2111010 Outer Space songs and the Band Box and Quality Record Companies
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A focus on the Denver and Toronto regional record companies of Band Box and Quality plus a long segment on "music from outer space" based on the in...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:46:26
  • Purchases: 6
LANDBACK! A Tipi Town Approach to Healing & Homelessness
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Laura reports from “He Sapa‘’, the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota where NDN Collective is reclaiming ancestral land...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Notes from the Jazz Underground #138
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we listen to Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett in the 70's, Black Flag's Greg Ginn in the 80's, Sonny Sharrock and Miles Davis (again) in th...

Bought by RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 4
211007 Short Intense Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Songs that are only between 90 and 100 seconds are the communications professor's dream of - "the direct, active voice." No lengthy introduction o...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 04:11:25
  • Purchases: 4
The Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund Presents Its First CD in a Decade
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Barley jacks with Brian Wicklund mixes bluegrass and old-time string band styles with other idioms like no other band. The group has just relea...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
211002 Something Wistful and Poetic Plus the First Rock and Roll Song(s)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Supersecos
After a hurricane reminds you that only a veneer of safety keeps you alive, it's easy to get wistful about what is important. It's not the posses...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 04:47:45
  • Purchases: 5
Patty and the Buttons Resume Playing Sunday Swing Brunches at the Aster in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Caption: Patty and the Buttons, Credit: Elizabeth Windsperger
Patty and the Buttons recently resumed playing their Sunday Swing Brunches at the Aster Care in Minneapolis. It’s on every week from 11 AM to 2 PM....

  • Added: Sep 25, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
KFCF Promos and Station IDs Plus the 210925 Pledge Drive Show
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: PRX default Piece image
1. (Short) Searching for the 1st R&R record on Saturday Night NOLA radio from Saturday 9pm to midnight on KFCF Fresno 2. (Short) Locally o...

Bought by KFCF FM and KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 02:58:38
  • Purchases: 2
210925 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The Universals
Scratching through another corner of my endless musical library - I found a great deal of songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, Prairie Public, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:56:06
  • Purchases: 5
210918 Little Ray Jimenez and the First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Little Ray
Little Ray was a Los Angeles sensation because he could command a stage and audience - a talent that stood out even in a city full of entertainers....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:14
  • Purchases: 4
Full Moon Hacksaw #1807 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09-16-2021
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Piano-heavy, tension and release. These are words to describe this week’s radio episode, beginning with exciting Latin music of now from Raices Jaz...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, KRZA, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 9
210911 The First Rock and Roll Song - J & S Records
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Featuring the music from J&S records, a record company started by a Black woman in 1956, Zell Sanders. Also couplets of sound-alike songs. Two un...

Bought by KCHU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, WYAP, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:21
  • Purchases: 5

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