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220106 Goofy Lyrics, Commercial Blandness Formula, High School Royalty
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jeannie and the Big Guys (Cindy Cole was "Jeannie"))
Music goes through eras of innovation followed by imitation which eventually becomes codified into commercial formula. The blandness is then follo...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Global Village Best of 2023 1.5.24 or floating date
From: KMUW
Series: Global Village with Chris Heim
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SPECIAL: In place of our usual New Month/New Music Show this time, Global Village counts down the Top Ten Show Favorites of 2023. We’ll her music f...

Bought by KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, KSKA, WSLR, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 32
Orson's Shadow
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A brilliant and neurotic group brings "Theatre of the Absurd" to a whole new level.

Bought by KKRN, KMUN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 34
Notes from the Jazz Underground #247: a look at 2023, part two
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, the second look back at 2023, with an archival release from Fred Anderson, and recent releases from Darcy James Argue, Kris Davis, Adam ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 4
Notes from the Jazz Underground #246 - The Annual Frank Zappa Birthday Show
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we celebrate the brilliance that is Frank Vincent Zappa.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 3
Where It's At (Vol.23)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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What in carnation's going on in our world these days...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:40
231217 "Marv" (elously) Named Musicians and Bands
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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This week I wandered into the "Mar" portion of my bottomless musical library to pull 85 songs from "Marvin, Marvel, Mary, etc" musicians and bands....

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 5
Spectrosexuality: When a spirit is your spouse
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, you’ll meet four people who are married to spirits, ancestors, or gods, also known as Spectrosexuals.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
Yonder Report 12/7/23
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Texas welcomes more visitors near Big Bend but locals worry the water won't last, those dependent on Colorado's Dolores River fear the same but hav...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Bonus: Christmas
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show
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We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 37:12
Notes from the Jazz Underground #245 - A look at 2023, part one
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we're listening to some 2023 gems from Meshell N'Degeocello, Jaimie Branch, James Brandon Lewis and more!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRCB 104.9, KRSC, KRPS and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
231216 Killing Off Pesky Teenagers With Car Crashes
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Meloaires
Also Sputnik and Rocket City (Huntsville, AL) Songs plus corny songs by corny actors including Jerry Mathers (Beaver Cleaver), the cast of McHale's...

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


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 6
DC 2350
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Along the twisted path

Bought by KIYU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRSC, KRZA, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Notes from the Jazz Underground #244 - Hangin' in the Trumpet Section
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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This week, we're listening to some exceptional trumpet players: Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRCB 104.9, KRSC, KRPS and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
231202 Jimmy Musicians Before Jimi Hendrix
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jimmy "Chickie" Horne
Music from "Jimmys" who all predate Jimi Hendrix. All these "Jimmys" could have been awarded "the first rock and roll song" but few to none of the...

Bought by Raven Radio, KPRG, KFCF FM, KSLU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
Notes from the Jazz Underground #243
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, we'll hear some jams from Donny McCaslin, Herbie Hancock, and a number of great songs featuring Jaco Pastorius.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Northwest Public Broadcasting, RADIOLEX, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
Kitchen objects with a story. Listen at your own whisk
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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You know those tools, utensils, or family heirlooms you have in your kitchen? Well, you'll hear eleven people's stories about them on this episode ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
Notes from the Jazz Underground #242 - a tribute to Mars Williams
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, we pay tribute to Chicago's own Mars Williams, with music from Liquid Soul, The Vandermark 5 an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KRCB 104.9, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
231125 The First Song Search
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Dreamtones
The joy of this show isn't finding the first rock and roll song. As in life, it is the the journey through all this music you've never heard that...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, Raven Radio, Prairie Public, KSLU and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
World Bridges - 11/20
From: Tom Berich
Caption: PRX default Piece image
World Bridges for MTPR - 11/20

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Thanksgiving Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish prepares for Thanksgiving with a global playlist of Jewish songs and shtick about gratitude, blessings, hospitality -- and dinner.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Notes from the Jazz Underground #241
From: WDCB
Series: Notes from the Jazz Underground
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this week, some fantastic music from Joe McPhee, The Thing, Joshua Redman and more!

Bought by RADIOLEX, Northwest Public Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 5: Legacy
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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We talk about the lasting legacy of rural horror, and what the tropes and shorthand used by horror filmmakers continue to reveal about the world ar...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 41:33
Episode 4: Supernatural
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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We dig into the folk horror and how it uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 37:01
231119 Mr. Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Tracy Pendarvis
Songs by musicians insisting on being referred to as, "Mr." as we search for the first rock and roll song in all the music that you've never heard.

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7

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