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Caption: "42nd Street" by Warren
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted the day after Thanksgiving with Paula Johnson, curator at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Segar Ellis
Ellis was first a jazz pianist and later jazz vocalist who recorded numerous sides with the Dorsey Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and many other...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
Caption: 1954 Aerocar, Credit: courtesy Golden Wings Museum
Greg Herrick, president of the Aviation Foundation of America and aviation buff, is the proud owner of a rare 1954 Aerocar (yes, a car with wings)...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 23:15
Caption: Apollo Theater, Chicago, 1920s
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
Caption: Market Street, c. 1940 (Photo: Shaping San Francisco)
Market Street is one of the oldest streets in San Francisco. And in some places, it can seem like the busiest, the loudest, the dirtiest... RICK R...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Sharon Chmielarz has had poems published in several literary magazines including The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, Water~Stone, Kalliope, Ascent,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 47:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2
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Patty Feld talks about the Edge Center for the Arts production of "Fiddler on the Roof."

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:03
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Classical music in the years before and just after the Revolution

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Classical music in American in the 19th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Classical music in American in the 20th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:51
  • Purchases: 1
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A visit to the home of Mardi Gras Indian Chief Mr. Ike

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
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Social commentary in American musical theater

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
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American musical theater from The Indian Princess to Rent

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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The man who brought jazz to Europe

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:40
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And explanation and a demonstration of Cajun music

Bought by WEFT and KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Explanation of the tradition of choral singing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Bought by WTIP, WEFT, KXOT Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 4
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Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama talks about gospel singing

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEFT, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 3
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And explanation and a demonstration of Zydeco music

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
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New Orleans Brass Band described

Bought by KUT and WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 2
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James "Super Chikan" Johnson helps explain the Delta Blues

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
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The evolution of the Texas Blues

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Nanci Griffith and her music explain the Texas Troubador tradition

Bought by WEFT and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2