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  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:21
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When did the explosion of Americana music creativity in the late 1950s start to collapse on itself? It was August 15th, 1965 with the Beatles at ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 03:17:31
Caption: Ancient Romans created this statuary to memorialize the two finger, five beer joke they loved so much., Credit: Pompeii Statue Photographers, Inc.
The non-commercial music that influenced popular music and rock and roll. Ah, that's the same as every week and who really cares about that? T...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:57:14
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Not an oldies show or "hits through the ages." A radio show about the music that influenced the musicians and music you know. All the non-hits, n...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:54:27
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Canadian musicians and bands named after synthetic fibers plus songs about Baltimore and not trusting "that guy." What did you expect from a radio...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:59:30
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Plenty of interstitials tonight but the breakthrough is discovering the obvious. We have all heard them. Heard their first doo wop riffs. How c...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:01
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of (but who directly influenced the rock and roll pioneers that we all heard - over and ov...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:48:52
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That music that pioneered rock and roll and popular music but that never sold well enough to be a "hit." The music that influenced Dylan, Elvis, T...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:47:01
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:39:48
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Popular music could have evolved very differently and it wasn't apparent which route it would take then and in hindsight it's still a bit amazing h...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:50:43
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Hold your nose, Jamie Dell'Apa is on the radio.

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:49:18

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:51:24
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Sheesh - it's Saturday night in the French Quarter.

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:48:11
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JazzFest edition with a focus on Louisiana music - just in case you don't get any of that at the fairgrounds.

  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:55:48
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Classic New Orleans music from the 1950s to the 1960s to complete the gaps in the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's exploration of ... us. ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:53:16
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All New Orleans music tonight. A live broadcast from a New Orleans music club that is soooo New Orleans.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:54:01
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Saturday midnight? It's driving song with the radio on but "no particular place to go." Might as well make it down to New Orleans where the sight...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:54:37
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The night before Easter and there are many more songs about rabbits than Easter so I only cobbled together a set of music. Usually it is a rabbit...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:47:27
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From the 1950s to 1970s - the golden era of American music. Collectors music for non-collectors who simply enjoy the joy of discovering the musica...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:50:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Segment 1: Matt Thornhill/boomer marketing Segment 2&3: Gwen Rosener and Linda Murphy/women's employment Segment 4: Henry Alford/manners Segment 5:...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 12, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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