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Songs about Eskimos, lists of bars, synthetic Chinese music (why do I love these songs so much?), songs that can be played back to back and over an...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:47:31
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This is the LONG version of the 10 Min Sound Byte - Songs about Fireworks

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 25:22
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Collectors music from the golden era of Americana music. That music just before the first rock and roll record. Tonight's show features the auth...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:56:39
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the time just before rock and roll became a commercial commodity. A time when m...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:47:03
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because it is the music just before the first rock and roll record that is the unvarnis...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:48:24
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.... Songs from the golden era of Americana, the 1950-70s when the modern era of pop mu...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:46:25
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Music from the 1950s to 1970s but with a twist - only the non-hit and only the songs before the rock and roll became a boring formula for making mo...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:54:18
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Of course the title doesn't make sense. None of my titles make sense as the titles and my shows all parse cultural esoterica. Collector's music i...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:57:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Music from the golden era of Americana music, the 1950s-70s. That music that birthed rock and roll. Yep, this is the music that influenced today'...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:00:36
  • Purchases: 1
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And they're good songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... Music from the 1950s to 70s that influenced the music and musician...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:00:27
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Christy gets to wrassle with the drunk dialers of the Quarter and uncooperative machines of WWOZ.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:41
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.... Some call it R&B or early R&R. I'm looking for those songs from the 1950s to 70s ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:53:39
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Music from the 1950s to 70s that fits just between rock and roll and rhythm and blues. From musicians you've never heard of, music you wished you ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:40
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Jim Heath, a.k.a. the Reverend Horton Heat, and I chat about his latest LP, REV. This rocking mix of words and music produced for KVMR radio …

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 14:33
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Cryptic titles of these shows come from the highly effective Sales Prevention Department. It's more music you've never heard by musicians you've n...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:30
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Music from the 1950s to 1970. A time when race and popular records crossed the then-impassible barriers of segregated America to create the golden...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:00:15
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More music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Tonight, sets of music about bubble gum (very different from bubble gum music) a...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:53:56
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jewish songwriters like Irving Berlin and Mel Torme have penned some of the classic Christmas songs. And well-known Jewish singers like Barbra Stre...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Music from the golden age of Americana - the 1950s to 1970s that you would have heard if public radio existed. Oh, just give it a listen and hear...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:49:17
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Shannon Wurst
Our Second Annual Ozark Music Show, featuring singer/songwriter Shannon Wurst singing songs and telling tales. True stories told by the Southerners...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Pre-October surprises test the mettle of the presidential candidates, the press and US foreign policy. Mitt Romney struggles with reaction to hi...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:16
Caption: Sinner's Crossroads
Americana and rare gospel music for the South. Almost all of the records on this episode are taken from 45 RPM singles. Kevin Nutt is the host and ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Radio Catskill, 'The Sea', Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9