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Caption: Ernie K-Doe at His Lounge
The show got exciting so we went into overtime with a four hour show. Another radio musical at the front end.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:00:11
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The feel of post WWII American was joyful, whimsical, hopeful and you can hear it in the music.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:55:50
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Songs about those roadside attractions that line the highway with billboards. Yep, there's plenty of songs about them even within the narrow "soun...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:19:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dixie Cups
Ending the show with girl group songs about being "too young" to go steady, to get married, to fall in love, to tango, etc. Before that shmaltzy s...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:33:08
Caption: Being Reasonable
A psycholinguist/minister discusses her belief in non-physical avenues for acquiring knowledge. Then we have a moving conversation with Christophe...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Washington Phillips
Washington Phillips music placed next to contemporary musicians.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:06:23
Caption: Loren Greene On the Ponderosa
I never guessed there would be so many singing groupies for Ringo Starr but you would never believe how many songs I didn't play because they were ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:55:32
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:52:14
Caption: Goree Girls
Yep. She's doing some work on songs today.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 03:00:02
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this week, I continue my look back at some of the best left-of-center Jazz released in 2019, and we'll hear from Snarky Puppy, Brad Mehldau, The Co...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Leslie Gore
Also, Robert Snow talks about his many local bands and songwriting.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 03:15:21
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Indulge me, picking some of the best of songs for tonight's show.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:10:25
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:04:29
Caption: Foggy New Orleans
The last 15 minutes of the show is about you at four in the morning. Before that, music from drums made of water, bad song requests, leaving the g...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:35:40
Caption: Bobby Angelo
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but it appeals because this was the music that influenced the popular musicians of our ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:52:28

  • Added: Nov 09, 2019
  • Length: 02:58:05
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Similar to my WWOZ midnight shows, The Ghost covers the post WW era (WWI) where western or cowboy music was similar to jazz music. Outside of some...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2019
  • Length: 02:01:21
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Urban musicians often chose country music because it was lucrative. They wore the country music costumes, played the instrumentation, and made the...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:52:29
Caption: Tommy Lewis / Kid Thomas
Nursery rhyme songs, Louisiana music, Sunday afternoon at the park music, and a couple aging women songs to end the show.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 03:04:49
Caption: Sleepy LaBeef in his movie role as a monster
It's topical theme night with songs about laughing and cigarettes. I've been playing with country and western songs that are swing jazz or boogie ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:32:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rockin' Sidney Simien one of many you're hearing tonight!
And plenty of Louisiana music too. A good photo gallery of the musicians and music from the first hour of the show.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:54:17
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I went to music church during the fourth hour. Shuddering with my eyes closed and stomping my foot.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:54:59

  • Added: Sep 14, 2019
  • Length: 03:00:27
Caption: Yip Jump! Music, Credit: Daniel Johnston
Celebrating the great outside artist, songwriter and performer with his music and exclusive interviews.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 32:35
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Rickie Lee Jones stops in to play radio with me.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2019
  • Length: 03:02:35