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Parading with Krewe du Vieux so Christy Grimes did the show. Next week, more of the same slop. Until then, an old show (without edits).

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:39
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Jorma Kaukonen made a name for himself by being the guitarist in bands like Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. His distinctive finger pick technique ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 08:42
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Collectors music from the 1950s-70s, the golden age of Americana. Our sweet spot, the non-hits that crossed the segregation line between race reco...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:08:28
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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
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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A post- post-9/11 podcast. Part 1 of a series examining 9/11 memorials.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 15:37
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Plus I stubbed my toe, more songs about green stamps than you ever cared to hear and songs by people who's first name is, "Baby."

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:52:15
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Collector's music without the pedantic lecturing about the music's provenance. Tonig...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:49:25
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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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
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
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Part one of the "other music of Bo Diddley" and black pioneers of rock and roll. This is a draft version awaiting the recovery of a backup recordi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:04:32
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"Music you've never heard and can't fathom a good reason why not." A highlight of the night are a handful of melodic songs of Bo Diddley that don...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:50:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... because there's more to art than "hits" played over and over and over again.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:38
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:49:46
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:59:07
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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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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. All the non-hits from the 1950s-70s that were better than the commercial dreck that m...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:58:29
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Music from the 1950s to 1970s that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Our sweet spot are songs created by musicians breaking t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:55:29
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Music you've never heard from musicians you've never heard of from the golden age of American music, the 1950s to the 1970s. We feature the non-hi...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:54:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Music that's better than my grammar.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:48:08
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Tonight, featuring the musicians of the 2013 Ponderosa Stomp.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:54:06