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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #48: Jerry Colonna
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records by and about Jerry Colonna.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #51: A Jazz-O-Rama Valentine
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Lorie Kellogg and her alter ego Mrs. Jazzbo fill in for Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo, to play jazz about love.

Bought by WNMU-FM and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #49: Van Alexander Meets Ella Fitzgerald
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records and Early LP Cuts by Van Alexander and Ella Fitzgerald.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #50: Jazz-O-Rama Goes to Outer Space
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Guest host fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) once again substitutes for Joe Bevilacqua while he in outer space creating his Comedy-O-Rama...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #54: A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of Christmas 78s & early LP cuts.

Bought by WVAS and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #35: Cartoon Carnival Jazz
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Cartoon Carnival Jazz, Credit: Lorie Kellogg - Waterlogg Design
One of Joe Bev's many alter egos Mr. Jazzbo (a talking 78 RPM record) introduces soundtracks from Max Fleischer, Famous Studios, Paramount, MGM and...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #34: Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Koolaid Pickles
From: Erin Scott
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audio postcard or sonic id describing koolaid pickles from 4th graders in Helena, Arkansas

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:58
92 year old Park Ranger Remembers Civil Rights Movement
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest US Park Ranger, shares with visitors, and with us babes, the amazing chapters of history she has witnessed, and how ...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist, George Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
John Griffith-Jones on Ugandan Missionary Stamps and Anne Willcocks on the Lindy hop
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to John Griffith-Jones about Ugandan missionary stamps and to Anne Willcocks about the Lindy hop

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:41
George Clinton, AKA Dr. Funkenstein, in his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Caption: Mysterious detail from the funk-cloning electron microgramatoscope, Credit: Dr. Schulmanstein
If James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, George Clinton remains the undisputed Crown Prince of Funk. Parliament-Funkadelic. Flashlight. The Mothe...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
An Early Passion For Reading
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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African-American author LaShonda Katrice Barnett, interviewed recently on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday (2/8/15), reads here from her heralded new n...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
George And Darren
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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George Zimmerman and Darren Wilson team up as cops that don't discriminate--to them, criminals only come in one color . . .

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #45: Satchmo Meets Pops
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Louis Armstrong young and old on Jazz-O-Rama!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev presents an hour of early an late recordings of Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
African-American Poet Angela Jackson
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this public reading entitled "Love Letters to Generations," Angela Jackson shares some of her work, including a reading from her first novel, th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Kiyan Williams and Darnell Moore
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kiyan Williams (R) talks with friend Darnell Moore (L) about growing up queer in Newark,...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
”Brotha Be Like, Yo George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "The Cutting Edge: Black News and Views- Where Journalism, Culture, Politics and Activism Converge"
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Musician George Clinton has written his memoirs in a new book ”Brotha Be Like, Yo George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You?”. He was recently ...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:00:28
Maya Angelou on Con Men
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you’re greedy, you’re set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in ...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and WABE


  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 4
The Rise of Les Sapeurs - Renata Sago
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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When one thinks of fashion forward countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo usually doesn't come to mind. But Les Sapeurs might make us feel dif...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:44
Reclaimed Soul: Rocket Fueled Soul
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras brings us rocket-fueled soul music with outer space themes.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
Reclaimed Soul: The Wonder of Stevie
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, then Stevie Wonder should know the feeling of flattery well. His son...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaimed Soul: Women Behind Megastars
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1443 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/25/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The first segment welcomes back guest DJ John Mueller, bringing his taste in vocalists and US west coast jazz. Sounds then evolve thru Latino rhyt...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 2
My Identity by Alex Thibodeau
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Vocalo contributor Alex Thibodeau talks about growing up biracial outside of Detroit… without the benefit of knowing his Jamaican father. He shares...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 2

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