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The blues melded with jazz long before the first recordings in the late teens. Although the music was, at least at first, structured on the 8 and 1...
- Added: Jul 31, 2012
- Length: 58:54
Give a listen to some of those very hot bands of the 1920s. You may not recognize many of the names, but that doesn't lessen their impact.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 58:58
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
TWO HANDS, A GUITAR & GENIUS = WES MONTGOMERY is a one hour program that looks at the musical life of Jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY. The ten record...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 52:35
- Purchases: 3
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 28:53
WAR is a legendary Funk band who scored hits from the late 1960s to the 1980s. HOWARD SCOTT and HAROLD BROWN, who now tour as THE LOWRIDER BAND ar...
Bought by Prairie Public and WJAB
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 01:00:09
- Purchases: 2
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 30:01
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 30:00
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 28:27
In recognition of Hanukkah, this show is dedicated to the Jews who catapulted popular music to stage and radio from the 1900 to the early 1930s.
Bought by Troy Public Radio, KWIT, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Dec 12, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 59:12
“And then we used to play hockey in the street, roller skate hockey. So while I was up there playing roller skate hockey I was moving my feet aroun...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 13:21
- Purchases: 3
He said don’t have too many pregnant 19ths in there. Keep it simple…..Basie was as much as an arranger as any of the arrangers who actually wrote d...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 07:43
- Purchases: 6
Peter is an accomplished actor, writer, producer and director for such series as Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
- Added: Apr 10, 2009
- Length: 33:03
Jamie talked about the season three finale before it aired that Sunday night. He also hints about a fifth cylon.
- Added: Apr 03, 2009
- Length: 18:35
Former classical pianist that found her gift in her voice, and is using that gift as the vocal part of the group Biomusique. Lisbeth has a extensiv...
- Added: Feb 01, 2009
- Length: 22:34
Together with Lisbeth Scott, Greg has formed Biomusique which offers textured music that mixes Greg's various percussion instruments with Lisbeth S...
- Added: Feb 01, 2009
- Length: 28:08
Actress talks about her role in In The Name Of The King, A Dungeon Siege Tale plus her other roles including Joan Of Arc and Eyes Wide Shut.
- Added: Jan 26, 2009
- Length: 35:16
From 2006, John talks about the challenge of scoring Superman Returns and mixing his music with the themes of John Williams.
- Added: Jan 26, 2009
- Length: 27:39
Actor from Terminator: Sara Conner Chronicles discusses the series and his film work in No Country For Old Men and The Assassination Of Jesse James...
- Added: Jan 26, 2009
- Length: 42:20
From: Chris Goldstein
Steve Bloom on his book Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life also Si Kahn on his book The Fox in the Henhouse:How Privatization T...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Spotlight on Eric Clapton as one Who Changed the way Guitar is Played and His Tremendous Influence on the Guitar Community ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2008
- Length: 58:00
The Byrds - Buffalo Springfield Connection and the impact they have on the global music community.
Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, WTIP, and WTIP
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 4
