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WWOZ - an outlet for JazzFest music heads to hear the golden era of New Orleans music (the 1950s to 1970s). Tonight, "New Orleans music you've nev...

  • Added: May 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:07
Caption: From a record trading shop - the dreck that can't even be given away., Credit: WFMU at WFMU.org home of my favorite radio show - Seven Second Delay
Collectors music from the era just before rock and roll established a formulaic sound. "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard o...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:15
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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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More music you've wished you had heard by musicians deprived of radio exposure. Music that reached across the separation line of a segregated US i...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:47:26
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... collector's music without the pedantics of the music's provenance. After I retriev...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:46:09
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Dozens of musicians took part in the $100 Guitar Project, which sent an inexpensive, unbranded guitar on a journey around the U.S. and Europe.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:01
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"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of." From the golden era of Americana, 1950s to 1970s before R&B, R&R, Blues and Rockabi...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:26
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Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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From the squeamish advertisements and sweatshops of the 1890's to the risqué bullet bras and silk sleepwear of the 1940's and 50's, Susan Marks chr...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:17
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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SHOOTING STARS ARE GREAT WITH CHILD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Rock celebrates the history of rock music, blending tracks from the 1950s to the present day into an always eclectic playlist, with historica...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jan 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This RADIOLA! celebrates (and somewhat deplores) the process of aging.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:05
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This RADIOLA! is another foray into the shellac pile for some lucky (and Luckey) finds.

  • Added: May 31, 2009
  • Length: 59:01

  • Added: Jun 27, 2007
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 9