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Jewish Tango!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Don’t you love an intimate tango? Jewish singers, instrumentalists and songwriters have brought us tangos in Yiddish and Hebrew for more than a cen...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220402 Pre-Ska Jamaican Music is The Mash Potato Sound
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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85 songs you've never heard but could have been titled, "the first rock and roll song" featuring musicians you've never heard of. This show ignore...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, WQCS, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 6
220320 The Dating Game for Dogs and Oil Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Azzurri the Bachelorette
Hi, I'm Jim Lange and this is the Dating Game for dogs. In the post-WWII world, this music that was later called "Rock and Roll" was simply popula...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:45
  • Purchases: 6
Notes from the Jazz Underground #149 - The Music of Cowboy Bebop
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we'll explore the music of Yokko Kanno and the Seatbelts, and their music for Cowboy Bebop.

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


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Notes from the Jazz Underground X-Mas Special (encore)
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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a bunch of Christmas classics and not yet classics from John Zorn, Moe., Wynton Marsalis and more!

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


  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #83
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll get weird with Dweezil Zappa, we'll get funky with Zony Mash and the Sugarman 3, we'll go Honky-Tonkin' with Astroturf Noise, and ...

Bought by KRPS, KLCC, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Radio-586-AZ-Roots-06-10-to-06-16-20-show-355
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Johnny D and Bacpac's Phoenix Sound 5 of 6. What has led up to this segment evolved from “Arizona Sound series,” “The Phoenix Panorama,” “The Arizo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Traveling Music
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Howard Johnson's
On the road home with Art Linkletter, Warren Oates, Jon Hamm, Jessica Pare, Marshall Efron, Bob & Ray, John Witherspoon, Ice Cube, James Taylor, Jo...

Bought by WLRH and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:08
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1710 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11-07-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A goodly sized group starts us off brassy and swinging with Pete Christlieb and Linda Small followed by a piano/vocal duo ballad sung by Tony DeSar...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WKAR and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 7
180825 Worthless Super Powers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:32:49
Episode #125
From: Sigil Of Brass
Series: DJ Scooby's Sound Of Wonder
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World music show presented with spoken links by a Yorkshireman with an impenetrable accent - Think 'Uncle Peter' but musical. For more on the show ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1557 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/01/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In our continuing tribute to the mighty Mose, an anatomical description definitely causes us to reflect a la Monk mood, Coltrane’s tenor giving tha...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Show 516 - Times Square
From: Thomas Florek
Series: The Tom and Doug Show
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This week, Tom and Doug are doing their show from Times Square. They are in Times Square because they seek to make sure that New York City retains...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
introducing: Tom and Doug (even more)
From: Thomas Florek
Series: The Tom and Doug Show
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Tom and Doug continue to introduce themselves to the world. In honor of Valentine's day, today's show features horrific love songs.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Rock and Roll Hotels
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A tour around the world of the hotels made famous and infamous by rock stars. From the New York Dolls stay in New Orleans to numerous rocker visit...

Bought by KSKQ, KSRQ, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #47: Funk-O-Rama Fusion
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: An hour of classic 70s jazz-rock fusion., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev goes back in time to the 1970s for an unusual hour of jazz-rock fusion LP cuts.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDCB, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
120909
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... A night of great interstitials from the Firesign Theater and a reading and music ab...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:48:30
130106 Yet More Chinese Music And Ace Record New Orleans and Mississippi
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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I just had an epiphany. Why not title shows by date instead of my pithy descriptions of various elements of a show? Progress. We're making progr...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:56:14
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: The Half Brothers on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: The Half Brothers
Songwriters John Ackermann, Rick Miller and Divid Nixon of The Half Brothers discuss their song inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Written a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Wes Weddell inspired by Stephen King's The Shining
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Wes Weddell, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Wes Weddell discusses writing songs inspired by Stephen King's The Shining. Written and performed for the monthly showcase, The Bushwic...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Compact Discoveries 159: Musical Devils
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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A devilish collection of unusual, fun pieces for Halloween.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM, WNMU-FM, KENW, KPVL, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sly Crooner Episode #4 Pretty Girls Charming Girls
From: Geoffrey Tozer
Series: Sly Crooner
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Sly learns an important lesson about how deep beauty goes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
Compact Discoveries 116: Cartoon Classics
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Classical music as used in Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Bought by KPVL, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KUCO, KENW, KAMU and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 20
1 Brazilian Beats
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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The catchy tunes and foot-stompin, rhythms of Brazilian tangos, waltzes and other dances.

Bought by KENW, KAMU, WUFT, WQUB 90.3 FM, WPVM 103.7 and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 14
A Cook's Notebook: Elvis & Haggis
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Is the little town of Lonmay, Scotland ready for hoards of Elvis fans?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2