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The Orpheans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Savoy Orpheans
To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly. The Savoy ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Tell Us a Tale Episode 40
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!" and "The Ants and the Grasshopper, Hey, Little Ant!"

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:07
Tell Us a Tale Episode 39
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "Cinder Edna"

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:06
That's All
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hip Hop, You Don’t Stop (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We trace hip hop’s roots, focusing on how it's expressed in different regions of our country, from California to New York, and even in Virginia. Pl...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Hip Hop, You Don’t Stop (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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American-invented hip hop music is now an international phenomenon with rappers in countries like Japan and Senegal. We trace hip hop’s roots, focu...

Bought by WEAA, WCNY, WXDU, and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 4
Morris Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas Morris
Cornetist Thomas Morris is somewhat of an obscure artist from the 1920s, although he was certainly very active recording with Clarence Williams, Si...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Song Titles Trivia
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Join Dr. Joseph Burns as he runs a solo show this week. After taking an online quiz about what a list of songs have in common, Joe Burns decides t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Thanksgiving - Songs of Thanks
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's the Thanksgiving show! What do different states eat for Thanksgiving? Everyone thinks their food is normal, but the differences between what s...

Bought by WRGY, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Phase and Flange
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Have you ever heard a Phase or Flange? Once you hear it, you might recognize it, but can you tell the difference between Phase and Flange? This wee...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
You Are There - Part Two
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Bringing listeners back to historic rock moments with clips of breaking media coverage...again!

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight Part One
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight Part One

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
An Evening With Al Jolson
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Evening With Al Jolson

  • Added: Oct 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Something Very Lovely
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Something Very Lovely. Hosted by William Cook

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
Potpouri - Program #1
From: William Cook
Series: Waxworks
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Potpouri - Program #1 Featuring the Bikersons, Andy Griffith, Tom Lair, Florence Foster Jenkins, Harry Brewer Group, Arch Obler (The Dark)

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Rediscover Displaying Your Underthings: Simple Rediscovery #506
From: Teosson Wells
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In the long ago and far away of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, the clothesline was a common feature of the landscape. Sheets, towels, cloth...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:51
Female Bassists and Drummers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Usually when a woman is in a band she is singing or playing an instrument that society has deemed a "woman's" instrument. Very seldom do we see a f...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cage Matches
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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When it comes to deciding if one band is better than another, there is always disagreement. Joe Burns and Beth West took the most prominent argumen...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Creem Magazine
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The two daily news providers are on strike in Detroit and Barry Kramer and Tony Reay see the opportunity of a lifetime to start their own magazine....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tom Paxton on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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An interview and concert with Tom Paxton in front of a Live audience at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of th...

Bought by WRNC-LP and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Billy Cotton: That Rhythm Man
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bandleader Billy Cotton
Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nationally renowned writers, singers, and poets pay tribute to Toni Morrison, whose works have earned her the highest accolades in literature and e...

Bought by WJCT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
It's Movie Time: May 4, 2012: The Avengers
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: It's Movie Time
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This week on It's Movie Time, Kristin and John recap recent films in the Avengers anthology before taking a look at Joss Whedon's new superhero spe...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
It's Movie Time: April 27, 2012: Chimpanzee, The Five-Year Engagement, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: It's Movie Time
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This week on It's Movie Time, Kristin and John explore the jungle with Disneynature's Chimpanzee, endure The Five-Year Engagement, and sail the sev...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:00