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This week, we’ll hear new music from Uncle Jumbo, Hot Toast, and Esther Crow, plus we’ll listen to songs from Sweet Spirit, Baby Loves Jazz, the B ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 55:27
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome vocalist Petra van Nuis and her band, The Recession Seven. Seven means Petra plus six, and those six happ...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we’ll hear another new song from Charlie Faye and the Fanimals, plus we’ll listen to music from Men Without Hats, Dale Watson, Justin Ro...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’ll preview the new Breakfast Boogie family music series at The Far Out Lounge in Austin, with music from SaulPaul, Charlie Faye, Uncl...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 56:19
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This week, we’ll listen to new music from The Zing Zangs, Charlie Faye & the Fanimals, Uncle Jumbo, and Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, plus we’ll h...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:41
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This week, we’ll listen to new music from Uncle Jumbo, Pierce Freelon & Nneenna Freelon, Sing Along Tim, and Little Miss Ann, plus we’ll hear songs...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’ll celebrate summer and ice cream all show long, with songs from Little Miss Ann, Jazzy Ash, Best Coast, Oceanator, Beach Boys, The H...

Bought by KPRG


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’ll hear new music from The Vignatis, The Okee Dokee Brothers, Little Miss Ann, Frances England, Pierce & Nnennna Freelon, and Divinit...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 56:14
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’ll hear new music from The Vignatis, Mama Birds, Keith Munslow, and Charlie Faye & the Fanimals, plus we’ll hear from The Deedle Deed...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 56:12
  • Purchases: 1
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‘Disco Demolition Night’, the brainchild of 24 year-old shock jock Steve Dahl, caused mass hysteria at Comiskey Park, Chicago on 12th July, 1979 – ...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:43
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‘Our Lady of Kazan’, a painting of the Virgin and Child, was discovered in the ashes of a fire in the Russian town of Kazan on 8th July, 1579. The ...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:04
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‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ *sounds* impressive, but could they do with an update? That was the mission of the mysterious Swiss-based ‘New 7 W...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:15
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Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Company on...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:34
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Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 2
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Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July 5th, ...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:47
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This week, Todd ’n’ Tina will stop by and sing a few new songs, plus we’ll hear new music from Charity & The Jam Band, Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Free...

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 54:43
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The children of Baptist preachers, raised in gospel music — Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke are two of the most venerated names in soul. This week, w...

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we’ll hear new music from Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, Father Goose, Keith Munslow, and Riffin Griffin, plus we’ll listen to songs by ...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
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We’ll continue highlighting the work of the “Rat Pack” this week, with a focus on “Mr. Wonderful” himself, Sammy Davis Jr. We’ll chronicle his reco...

  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we’ll hear a couple of mom songs for Mothers Day, plus new songs from Mama Birds, Rolie Polie Guacamole, Laurie Berkner, Superfun Yeah Y...

  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:04
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This week we’ll celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with new music from the Brighter Light Brigade and Little Miss Ann, plus...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 57:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month featuring classic tunes, swinging liturgy, and experimental fusions.

Bought by WVTF and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Author Julie Jo Larson talks about her new book "100 Things to Do in Minnesota Before You Die"

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 08:22
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This week and next, we’ll celebrate two of the members of the so-called “Rat Pack.” This week, a close look at the life and music of “The King Of C...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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This week we’ll hear new music from Mega Ran, Joe McDermott, the How To Be An Earthling podcast, and Kymberly Stewart, plus we’ll listen to songs b...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 57:26