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There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jun 03, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 12:41
- Purchases: 2
In the 1970s, singer Roberta Flack made a name for herself performing covers of songs by folk singers and other little-known artists, creating, in ...
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Soul singer Marvin Gaye was a reluctant R&B star. Gaye wanted to be a ballad singer, and he recorded the music of the Great American songbook mostl...
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The children of Baptist preachers, raised in gospel music — Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke are two of the most venerated names in soul. This week, w...
- Added: May 22, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The Pavel Haas Quartet plays works by Dvorak and Suk.
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KPOV, WCNY, KMXT, KWAX and more
- Added: May 12, 2023
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 6
Author Karen Fults Kaler talks about her new book "Eastcliff"
- Added: May 11, 2023
- Length: 08:52
We’ll continue highlighting the work of the “Rat Pack” this week, with a focus on “Mr. Wonderful” himself, Sammy Davis Jr. We’ll chronicle his reco...
- Added: May 10, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week and next, we’ll celebrate two of the members of the so-called “Rat Pack.” This week, a close look at the life and music of “The King Of C...
- Added: Apr 25, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (...
Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and WNYE
- Added: Apr 19, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
This week on Afterglow, we explore the delicate touch and effortless swing of pianist Ellis Larkins, who would have turned 100 years old this week....
- Added: Apr 17, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The Newport Symphony plays music by Ernest Bloch in honor of the 50th anniversary of the composer's death
Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KPOV, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, KWAX and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2023
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 6
The songs of Irving Berlin were featured in some of Hollywood’s first “Talkies,” and this week on Afterglow, we’ll explore the songwriter’s work in...
- Added: Apr 07, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We’re counting sheep with the Great American Songbook this week, as we explore standards all about dreaming, including “This Time The Dream’s On Me...
- Added: Apr 06, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we look at some of full-time jazz instrumentalist, and part-time jazz singers, including Chet Baker, Buddy Rich, and Oscar ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Join Gianna Elvia Rendon as she enters the kitchens of three women in San Antonio, Texas. Each woman discusses memories of their grandparents throu...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 17:49
This week, we pay tribute to the great American songwriter Burt Bacharach, who brought style and sophistication to pop music in the 1960s. Bacharac...
- Added: Mar 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
It's one of Bach's finest, most inspiring compositions: the St. John Passion. He premiered it during his first year as music director of Leipzig's ...
- Added: Mar 23, 2023
- Length: 01:57:58
This week we bring you an encore episode of our conversation with the Dean of Montana political journalism, Chuck Johnson. Johnson passed away unex...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2023
- Length: 28:46
- Purchases: 1
This week, we pay tribute to singer Billie Holiday by hearing a few tributes to her from other artists over the years, including Carmen McRae, Abbe...
- Added: Mar 08, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the recordings of the great Billie Holiday from the 1940s. We’ll hear her work for the Commodore and Decca...
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Minnesota Book Award Finalist Sheila Packa talks about her book of poetry "Surface Displacements"
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 09:42
This was a Love song 2 hour Special.
- Added: Feb 20, 2023
- Length: 01:47:59
This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the early years of the First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald, with a close look at her work for Decca Records, wh...
- Added: Feb 20, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we pay tribute to the late jazz singer Carol Sloane, who passed away in January. I’ll chronicle career interpreting the Ame...
- Added: Feb 16, 2023
- Length: 59:00
