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Modern Jetset #154
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new music from Pastel Blank, Allah-Las, and Surprise Chef, plus a tasty soul-and-reggae excursion.

Bought by KRSC, KSUT, KVSC, KECG, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
20230814: Rock On Esther Crow, 8/14/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children’s Hour we rock on with Esther Crow. She’s an award winning Kindie rockstar, whose music is full of inspirational lyrics a...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
230813 RCA's Attempt to Create an Alternative Elvis
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Skee Brothers
Searching for the first rock and roll song without regard to "hits" means finding surprises. Some beyond belief such as the competitors to the #1 ...

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Modern Jetset #153
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new releases from The Clientele, Salami Rose Joe Lewis, and Kevin Morby, plus some tasty world beats old and new.

Bought by KVSC, KSUT, and KRSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
230805 Who Did That Song First
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Brothers Stick and Brownie McGhee
Popular songs done by the song's originators and if rock and roll broke up the orthodoxy, then Spike Jones could be considered the original rock an...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS, KETR-FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 4
Whales
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

Bought by KCHU, KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Modern Jetset #152
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new tracks from Decisive Pink, Ken Like Fit, and Bobby Oroza & El Michels Affair — plus some post-punk both vintage and modern.

Bought by KVSC, KRSC, KSUT, and WOMR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Black Footed Ferrets
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Once declared extinct, the black footed ferret is slowly recovering thanks to the work of our guest Paul Marinari. We learn about Elizabeth Ann, th...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, RadioFreePalmer, KSTK, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
230729 Teenager Weddings Turned to Funerals, Nordic Guitar Masters, Romeo and Juliette Go To Indian Country
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Los Indonesios aka Black Dynamites
Rock and roll guitar instrumentals have always been a mainstay. Paraphrasing Dan Hicks, "All our songs are instrumentals but here's one we added l...

Bought by WYAP, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:56
  • Purchases: 7
Modern Jetset #151
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new releases from Temples, Fold, and Novelty Island, plus some fresh UK hip-hop and a little Brazilian sojourn.

Bought by KRSC, KSUT, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
20230724: Black Footed Ferrets, 7/24/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Once declared extinct, the black footed ferret is slowly recovering thanks to the work of our guest Paul Marinari. We learn about Elizabeth Ann, th...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
20230731: Whales, 7/31/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
230723 Songs Organized Into Themes
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Sam Mateparae and the Rockin Rockers (New Zealand)
A variety of theme including lyrics about Alaska, Pig Latin, schoolyard chants, and twists on "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette" as we search for...

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


  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Modern Jetset #150
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new music from LA Priest, Zion Train, and Kolezanka, plus a few recent waybacks from around the world that deserve another listen.

Bought by KSUT, KRSC, KMXT, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
230716 When Cowboy Music Swings.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Louisiana music, girl groups, and a cluster of musicians who played cowboys but would have musically fit better on Sugar Hill than the Black Hills....

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


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
Modern Jetset #149
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new releases from Rahill, Dubmatix, and Atmosphere, plus a couple of re-issues you won’t want to miss.

Bought by KRSC, KMXT, KSUT, KVSC, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
230709 Dumbest Record Company's Business Plans - Delta, Swastika, and Cuca Records
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Lou Christie
Also Lou Christie's back up singers and Chicano soul.

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


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Modern Jetset #148
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we’ve got new music from CMAT and A Certain Ratio, a reggae re-release from Max Romeo, and a few other surprises you won’t want to miss.

Bought by KMXT, KSUT, KRSC, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
230702 Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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This week we almost had it!

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


  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Modern Jetset #147
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new music from Say She She, The Lahaar, and Tuzeint, plus some long-lost deep cuts from a handful of college radio favorites.

Bought by KMXT, KSUT, KVSC, KRSC, and KECG


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
230624 (Free show!) Going To A 1961 Teenager Party
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bobby Lee Trammell
An hour of songs who's lyrics that take us from the gleeful invitations to the tearful breakup of every 1961-era teenage sock hop and party. Also...

Bought by Prairie Public and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Modern Jetset #146
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got tasty new tracks from Harrison, Skinny Pelembe, and Rudy de Anda, plus a little excursion into some deep cuts from the eighties.

Bought by KSUT, KECG, KMXT, and KRSC


  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Honoring Fathers
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children's Hour we honor fathers in a musical special for the dads, stepdads, granddads, papas, and fellas in our lives who help u...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC, KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
230618 Frankie Lee Sims Sound
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Tameers
Walking With Frankie is an hard blues with a beautiful pop hook making its riffs one of the most common and copied riffs in blues and rock music. ...

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:56:00
  • Purchases: 7
Modern Jetset #145
From: Iris Berkeley
Series: Modern Jetset
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This week we've got new music from Audiobooks and Scott McMicken & The Ever-Expanding, plus surf sounds from San Fran and Japan.

Bought by KMXT, KSUT, and KRSC


  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3

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