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210228 Songs of the Post WWII Beginnings of Rock and Roll
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Esquerita!
Music from the post WWII era when a new music emerged and caught fire in the US and around the world. At first it wasn't called rock and roll, it ...

Bought by KPRG and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:05
  • Purchases: 2
Cedar Commissions Shines Lights on Emerging Minnesota Musicians
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: 2021 Cedar Commissions poster, Credit: Photographer Peter Jamus Designer Aida Shahghasemi
The Cedar Commissions carries on virtually in 2021. It will be a 3-night performance, March 5, 6 and 7, and 2 artists each night. This is an annual...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Notes from the Jazz Underground #113 - Chick Corea part 2: Return to Forever
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we continue our look back at Chick Corea's career, and this time, we're cranking up the volume and jamming to Return to Forever. We're c...

Bought by KMUW, KRPS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
210221 There Wasn't A First Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Ernie K-Doe As a Mardi Gras Indian, Credit: From "Ernie K-Doe - The R&B Emperor of the Universe by Ben Sandmel
There were a hundred thousand "first rock and roll songs," all of them expressing the cultural upheaval of WWII and the realization we better enjoy...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KPRG, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:42
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - A Corner of Space and Time
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Lee Nye's portrait of Joe Malatare
Jean Belangie-Nye, Aaron Teasdale, and Ben Ferencz discuss their book, "A Corner of Space and Time: Lee Nye's Eddie's Club Portraits."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #112 - Chick Corea part 1: acoustic Chick
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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The first in a three part series celebrating the music and legacy of Chick Corea. This week, the focus is on his work on the acoustic piano, from N...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
210214 Mardi Gras and Girl Groups
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It's Covid time so Mardi Gras is going to be less on the streets and more in our heads. But Mardi Gras and music are so similar that we really don...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:21
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #111 - Ani DiFranco & Bill Laswell
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we'll take a listen to the work of bassist and producer Bill Laswell, and guitarist, vocalist and composer Ani DiFranco.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KRPS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1775 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02-04-2021
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Many personal favorites from past broadcasts have been re-assembled, narrowed down to less than an hour, to serve as a “best of” or “greatest hits”...

Bought by KRZA, WMOT, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
210131 Music Versus Commercials
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Music plays an outsized role in commercials but usually the music is so simplistic and devoid of emotion. All the more reason that the exceptions ...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:05
  • Purchases: 3
210124 Music You've Never Heard By Musicians You've Never Heard Of
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The show is this and so much more.
Music from the post WWII era when a new music emerged and caught fire in the US and around the world. At first it wasn't called rock and roll, it ...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and KPRG


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 02:56:48
  • Purchases: 3
Games People Play
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Everyone has a favorite game, what's yours? We explore ours and we get riddled by our puzzle maker, Riya Joshi.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
01182021: Games People Play, 1/18/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Everyone has a favorite game, what's yours? We explore ours and we get riddled by our puzzle maker, Riya Joshi.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Ben Abrahamson’s Guitar Style Encompasses Diverse Musical Interests
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ben Abrahamson, Credit: Corrina Bernstein
Ben Abrahamson is a finger-style guitarist with a knack for integrating multiple world and personal styles into his own playing. In an interview wi...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
210110 Music From Musicians Named Curley, Hamburger Joints and Primitive Rock and Roll
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Moon Mullican
After six decades of life, I still don't know a single person named "Curley" yet my bottomless music library has a couple dozen musicians named, "C...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:13
  • Purchases: 3
Notes from the Jazz Underground #106 - The Best of 2020, part 1
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll check out some of the best that 2020 had to offer from Jeff Parker, Will Bernard, Jeremy Cunningham, Jazz is Dead, and more!

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KLCC, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
210103 The Covid Christmas
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: I purchased this Corona when I first read about the Corona Virus making it to the USA. My mom was inoculated with the Covid vaccine on December 31st, 2021. I will drink this Corona after I'm inoculated.
A touch of retrospection and melancholy as we live out our pandemic. Audio postcards of the first and hopefully the last Covid Christmas. (And...

Bought by KFCF FM and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:57:51
  • Purchases: 2
THE FUNHOUSE - 15 - DEMON ALCOHOL
From: paul mcguire
Series: The Funhouse
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Ring in the new year with a celebration, or is it condemnation, of the gift that giveth and taketh away, demon alcohol.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
Full Moon Hacksaw #1769 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12-24-2020
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We’ve got ourselves a show to take out 2020, and will it look good in the rear-view mirror. With spins & needles let’s roll thru a few decades from...

Bought by KRZA, WOUB, KJZX-Austin, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
The Ever-Evolving Music of Charlie Parr
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charlie Parr, Credit: Shelly Mosman
Charlie Parr is the type of musician who is always refining past work and creating new ones. When Charlie got together with Phil Nusbaum, Charlie t...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Notes from the Jazz Underground #104 - Avant-Garde Saxophones
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll take a listen to some of the titans of the avant-garde...Yusef Lateef, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman and a few modern...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 2
Folk Duet Storyhill Creates Christmas CD for the Times
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Storyhill, Credit: Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson
Storyhill’s CD Bethlehem is no ordinary Christmas CD. The project has original songs, and reimagined traditional ones. Chris Cunningham and John H...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 07:59
Other Country Ensemble Plays World Fusion Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Other Country Ensemble, Credit: Laurie Patton
Other Country Ensemble is just what it says: An American group that performs music traditions from other countries. Bouzouki player and mandocellis...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Other Country Ensemble Plays World Fusion Music Every Fourth Monday at the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Other Country Ensemble, Credit: Laurie Patton
Other Country Ensemble is just what it says: An American group that performs music traditions from other countries. And you can catch the band the ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Notes from the Jazz Underground #103 - Frank Zappa
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, it's the annual Notes from the Jazz Underground tribute to Frank Zappa, with selections from Hot Rats, Chunga's Revenge, Sleep Dirt, and...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:04

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