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I spent a few weeks asking friends and passers-by what songs their mom sang to them. Dedicated to Jeanette Metzner.
- Added: May 12, 2024
- Length: 07:34
Our discipline of eternal metaphysics, jazz is the lens thru which we view the world. Techno Cats are a 2023 grouping of above-average players with...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, WVBI-LP, KHNS and more
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 10
Let's hope that Chanukah has left folks with good memories and at least a few amazing gifts. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish radio show for Jewis...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
I would really like to keep score on how many of these Lost Christmas Songs I have collected for you. At least the ones you actually recognize. Add...
- Added: Dec 10, 2023
- Length: 58:26
- Purchases: 2
What are the characteristics of a musical rhapsody? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to some great examples including "Second Hungarian ...
Bought by WNMU-FM, WKAR, Interlochen Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WRTI and more
- Added: Jul 20, 2023
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 17
Told through the eyes of his twelve-year-old brother, the older boy makes a discovery that allows him to become a beloved symbol of giving througho...
- Added: Oct 20, 2022
- Length: 04:02
Nelva Williamson came to StoryCorps with her son Timothy J. Harris to reflect on a life in the classroom and her commitment to shedding light on hi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 02:53
San Miguelito (Antigonon leptopus) is quite the Mexican native plant. I read that it’s found in habitat not only in Sonora and Chihuahua and southw...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 05:08
Music for a milonga, from the perspective of a Tango DJ.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WXXI Rochester
- Added: Jul 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
I’ve told the story of the yucca moths and the soaptree yuccas many times. I love to tell it when I give talks and I’m not making this up, many yea...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 04:06
On this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM a look at the legendary AMATEUR NIGHT IN HARLEM at the Apollo Theatre in NY with some great history, stories, ...
- Added: Aug 04, 2021
- Length: 58:01
On this week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM - A band that the senior set listened to, listener emails, songs from some legendary British bandleaders.
- Added: Jul 26, 2021
- Length: 58:02
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM looks at the origin of song names, songs that sound the same, movie and Broadway musicals, and songs from the l...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 58:01
This week's BALLROOM takes a look at the unique Metronome All-Star Band
- Added: Jun 23, 2021
- Length: 58:03
This week's BALLROOM looks at the Downbeat Magazine's favorite performers from 1936-1945
- Added: Jun 23, 2021
- Length: 58:00
This week's edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM features a look at some of the Big Band theme songs from the era.
- Added: Jun 07, 2021
- Length: 58:00
On this edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM, we look at some bandleaders of the era who were popular but somewhat forgotten today.
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 58:01
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM looks at some of the reasons for the demise of the big band and swing era.
- Added: May 10, 2021
- Length: 59:00
On today's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM we look at the origins of Gold Records, the Your Hit Parade, and Billboard weekly song charts plus a trivia contes...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 58:00
Join Jeff Bressler for another trip down memory lane to visit the musicians, their music, and wonderful stories.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 57:57
Join Jeff Bressler for another trip down memory lane to visit the musicians, their music, and wonderful stories.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 58:01
A sequel, by popular demand, to a show the Make Believe Ballroom did on VDISC, the records distributed to the troops during WWII.
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 58:01
This week's MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM features a special program about SOUNDIES. MTV did not invent the concepts of music videos. They were wildly popu...
- Added: Apr 05, 2021
- Length: 58:01
Older, middle and younger generation guests discuss how dating may have changed over the decades.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 23:21
- Purchases: 1
This edition of the MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM takes a look at the music and stories of big band vocal ensemble groups.
- Added: Mar 29, 2021
- Length: 58:02