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140215 No Show Tonight
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Parading with Krewe du Vieux so Christy Grimes did the show. Next week, more of the same slop. Until then, an old show (without edits).

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:39
"Tea and Wireless"
From: Margaret Evans
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Before the Internet, before television, there was the radio. That's how people heard the news and enjoyed their favorite shows. This story is part ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
140125 Music You've Never Heard By Musicians You've Never Heard Of...
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Collectors music from the 1950s-70s, the golden age of Americana. Our sweet spot, the non-hits that crossed the segregation line between race reco...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:08:28
131228 Arthur Lee Maye the Best Musician Athlete Ever
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Plus I stubbed my toe, more songs about green stamps than you ever cared to hear and songs by people who's first name is, "Baby."

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:52:15
131221 Jamie's First Slow Dance
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. Collector's music without the pedantic lecturing about the music's provenance. Tonig...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:49:25
131124 Atomic Bomb Songs and Safety Tips From the WWOZ Kitchen
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 from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:49:46
131110 Why The Show Focuses on 1950s to 1970s Music
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 from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:38:00
130928 Breaking Bad (Records), The Dance Contest and Jamie Blows Up His Own Toilet
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music from the 1950s to 1970s that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Our sweet spot are songs created by musicians breaking t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:55:29
Summer Fun
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Robeson
Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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
Segar Ellis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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
The Wizards of Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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
Small Group Sessions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Mound City Blue Blowers
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
JazzStories: Todd Barkan - Part I
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"In San Francisco…I had a jazz group of my own... and I went to a beer bar on Vallejo Street. And I said I want to really get my band in here. I ca...

Bought by KALW, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 13:06
  • Purchases: 4
A Tribute to Hoagy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hoagy Carmichael
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Michael Jackson
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
Songbird: Lee Morse - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys (All Jazz!)

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
I Remember Radio #7: Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
Larry Blamire Interview
From: Valerie Flynn
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with the Writer / Director of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra"

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 30:13
Promo - Happy Birthday Stan Freberg
From: Jeff Brown
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Promo for Stan Freberg radio special

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WCQS, KUSP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
The Edible Egg
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes Devilled Eggs

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 9
Smell It First
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Broils Fish

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, East Village Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
Ready To Toss
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes a Salad

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 5
A Taste Experience
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Cooks Spinach

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, East Village Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 7
Chicken In Every Pot
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes Chicken Soup

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, KBOO and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 9