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With daylight savings time taking the last hour of my show, I figured I would build a time machine during the show. Give it a test at 2am to see i...
- Added: Mar 20, 2016
- Length: 01:58:42
Music from the golden age of Americana, the 1950s to the 70s. Every Saturday night it's the music you've never heard by musicians you've never hea...
- Added: Mar 06, 2016
- Length: 02:53:53
A rebroadcast of the unusual December 2012 show on American music that imitates... Well it's a 1960s Americana perspective on what we thought Chin...
- Added: Mar 05, 2016
- Length: 02:54:29
From the French Quarter, the ancient soul of the United States. That music that was the soul of the nation.
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 02:49:35
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of (who's first names are either Jimmy or Bobby). To start the show - in honor of the Pr...
- Added: Feb 26, 2016
- Length: 02:54:43
Every year at Mardi Gras the city and I reflect on what it means to be from New Orleans. First hour and half is New Orleans music and commentary....
- Added: Feb 07, 2016
- Length: 02:52:25
The term "Indo Rock" was worn by Indonese bands from Netherland during the music's peak from 1958 to 1968. Similar to the US-originated rock and r...
- Added: Feb 01, 2016
- Length: 02:59:38
I must have fallen into the "Bobby" and "Billy" section of the music library because almost every musician featured tonight has one of those names....
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 02:55:53
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of all singing about Shirley and pink "stuff."
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 02:51:31
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the 1950s to the 1970s. All the non-hits (because adding money to music has nev...
- Added: Dec 28, 2015
- Length: 02:48:11
Combining a card trick with the card games, 52 pickup and slap jack also didn't work on radio.
- Added: Dec 20, 2015
- Length: 03:02:48
Indulging myself. You too?
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 02:50:04
A show in the shadows of a horrific terror attack on Paris. Recalling the days after Katrina when hearing music from New Orleans reassured us tha...
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 02:35:53
Something happened to create such a fertile ground for Americana music in post WWII era of the 1950-70s of this show's focus. However whatever ser...
- Added: Oct 25, 2015
- Length: 02:49:20
Today it’s the return of the much loved feature INTO AN INTERVIEW where I’ll be speaking with the EXTREMELY talented Nashville-based singer/songwri...
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 20:34
A live broadcast from a costume party here in New Orleans. As with every Saturday night, music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard ...
- Added: Sep 06, 2015
- Length: 02:55:23
I couldn't tell you why I think 100k watts of chewing tin foil is appropriate radio but here's three hours of music you've never heard by musicians...
- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 02:54:32
Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer. When she came to New York twenty-one years ago to rehearse for a concert at Carnegie Hall, she never imag...
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 14:09
Stuffing four hours of music into three hours. It looks as bad a making sausage but without the good taste!
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 03:50:37
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
This episode is about songs that reference summer.
- Added: Sep 20, 2014
- Length: 10:00
This episode deals with songs about birds or have bird(s) in the title or subject
- Added: Sep 20, 2014
- Length: 26:57
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
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
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