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Washboard Ripples
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Washboard Rhythm Kings
Spasm bands, or skiffle bands, (created out of found objects not usually found in musical groups) originated in the streets of New Orleans around 1...

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  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Champion Records label
Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Young Fats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas 'Fats' Waller
Although Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller was one of the most prolific recording artists in the 1920s and 1930s, very little of his earlier music is heard.

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
140427 Music from the Jazzfest Radio Station, WWOZ
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music you've never heard from the 1950s to the 70s but, then again, it sounds so familiar. Familiar because my show features that precursor music ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:46:41
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...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Blackbirds of 1928
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blackbirds Sheet Music
The review, Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1928, opened at the Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street in May of that year.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: Creativity Queue
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we’re getting creative. Not with macaroni pictures and Papier-mâché, but with some of the most talented minds in the Twin Cities that br...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: Minnesota & the Media
From: Radio K
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Our society is driven by media, and this week we’re indulging in it and appreciating what Minneapolis and St-Paul have to offer on a given weekend....

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 25:01
140412 Gravity Test
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Somethings you can't take for granted - roots music and gravity. Both are down to earth but ignored. Music you've never heard by musicians you've...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:18:32
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...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Brunies Brothers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: George Brunies
Half a dozen brothers and sisters, mother, father, and a cousin made up the core of the Brunies family. They were all good musicians. Many of them ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Queue: The Cities and Beyond
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we’re exploring not only the cities, with its bustle and relentless energy, but we’re also taking a few steps out to see what the country...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: 30 Rock Radio Play
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we were given the special opportunity to broadcast a radio play, the first season episode "Tracy Does Conan" of the hit sitcom 30 Rock, t...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 21:53
  • Purchases: 1
The First Lady of Radio
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Vaughn De Leath
She was known as “The First Lady of Radio.” Vaughn De Leath’s recording career began in 1921, which lead to hundreds of titles over the next decade...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Queue: Being Heard in the Twin Cities
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, while usual host Matt Curtis is away at SXSW, producer Amy Friedman presents three stories of what it takes to be heard in the Twin Citi...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 32:33
  • Purchases: 1
Wild Oats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Jazz Group
If jazz can be tied to any season, metaphorically speaking, it would be spring.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: Peeling Back the Curtain
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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On the surface, some things may not make a lot of sense to us or may not even be relevant, but this week three stories from three reporters find th...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 1
Eddie's Scrapbook
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon is one of the liked musicians during the early years of jazz. A Chicago style guitarist, is probably best remembered for his wit, humo...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Queue: Bringing Music to Life
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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We are bringing music to life as part of Radio K’s K-Starter Campaign. The one week every semester where we look to you to help us do what we do be...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Ferdinand's Catalogue
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Fredinand Joseph LaMothe Morton was there when it all began. Although it may be a dubious title to say he created jazz, it is true that he was one ...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: Valentines in the Twin Cities
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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It's Valentine's Weekend here at Culture Queue, but as always, we're far from things to do in the Twin Cities. Matt Curtis attends a one of a kind ...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue: Man's Best Friend
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we are taking care of our pets, and exploring the Twin Cities and our relationship with domesticated animals. Amy researches services for...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 1
140223 Cleaning Records
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Topical sets of music about Russia and a return to the WWOZ kitchen/sound effects department where I found the makings of my own Prairie Home Compa...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:49:58
Rarities
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Three Jazz Wizards
Here is a sampling of some of the bands of the 1920s; most didn’t make it beyond their geographical boarders. By no means does that lesson their ta...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Club: Reinhardt & Grappelli
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reinhardt & Grappelli
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2