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Episode #126 - Marvin Phillips
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Marvin Phillips is one of LA's unsung heroes of 1950s rhythm & blues. He, along with Jesse Belvin popularized R&B duos with their 1952 smash, "Dre...

Bought by KCSM, KPVL, WRNC-LP, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 4
Kenny Endo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Designing a Creative Life
Caption: Kenny Endo
Kenny Endo is one of the leading artists in contemporary percussion and rhythm. He is a consummate artist, blending Japanese taiko with rhythms inf...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 52:59
Episode #125 - The Cardinals
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Even though The Cardinals only scored 3 R&B hits, they are remembered as one of the most important vocal groups of the 1950s. This week, Matt The C...

Bought by WRNC-LP and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #124 - 1951: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 61 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of the second half of 1951. ...

Bought by KCSM, WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Sep 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #123 - 1951: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 1
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 61 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of the first half of 1951. Y...

Bought by KCSM, WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #122 - The Chords
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week's "Juke In The Back" digs deep into a group that is usually only remembered for one, incredibly influential tune, "Sh-Boom." The Chords c...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
Sacred Harp: the punk rock of choral music
From: KALW
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Sacred harp singing is considered to be one of the oldest forms of American folk music. It dates back to the 1700s, to a choral style that develop...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #121 - Jimmy Liggins
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Jimmy Liggins may not have been as successful as his older brother Joe, but Jimmy's 1948 recording of "Cadillac Boogie" just might be the first roc...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #120 - The Parrot Records Story
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The entire "Juke In The Back" focuses on a tiny Chicago R&B record label with a big sound; Parrot Records. The label was started by Chicago DJ Al B...

Bought by KMUW, KPVL, WRNC-LP, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #119 - Ike Turner
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Much has been said about Ike Turner's personal life, but not enough has been said about his musical legacy. This week's "Juke In The Back" looks a...

Bought by KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Aug 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #118 - Elvis' R&B Influences
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Elvis Presley's early music was a blend of Hillbilly, Country, Gospel and R&B. This week's "Juke In The Back" explored the enormous debt Elvis owe...

Bought by WRNC-LP and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 2
Latin Romance with Ensemble Vivant
From: Society Of Sound
Series: Society of Sound Radio Network
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Homage to Astor Piazzolla featuring Catherine Wilson and Ensemble Vivant hosted by Keith Horner.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 58:45
Episode #117 - Johnny Ace
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, "Juke In The Back" highlights the short career of one of R&B's greatest talents: JOHNNY ACE. His great records usually get overshadowed...

Bought by KMUW, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #116 - The Du-Droppers
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat presents another highly underrated vocal group from the 1950s: The Du-Droppers as part of a full hour of 1940s and '50s rhythm & blues...

Bought by KZYX, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #115 - The Robins
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" features The Robins, one of the earliest and most influential R&B vocal group to come out of Los Angeles in the late '40s an...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
National Dairy Goat Show
From: Maeve Conran
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In July 2012, thousands of goats and their goatherders descended on Loveland Colorado for the American Dairy Goat Association National Show.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 06:41
Fisherman Friends and Sea Shanties
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Fisherman's Friends , Credit: Courtesy of Fisherman's Friends
For more than 15 years, the Fisherman’s Friends, a group of 10 men who grew up together in the same little village, have been singing sea shanties ...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
Latin Jazz for Dancing.
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: ALL Music
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Latin Jazz for dancing.

Bought by WJSU, WCSU-FM, and WSLR


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #114 - Roy Brown
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
"Juke In The Back" features one of early R&B's greatest blues shouters, Roy Brown. From his early hits for the DeLuxe Label in the late 1940s to h...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
Latin Jazz plays Jazz
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition focuses on the music of legendary jazz musicians Duke Jordon, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubec...

Bought by WSLR, WJAB, WCSU-FM, KRZA, and WVAS


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode #113 - The "5" Royales
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" features a rhythm & blues vocal group from Winston-Salem, NC that not only influenced James Brown, but quite poss...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Shelter Valley Folk Festival 2011
From: Laurence Stevenson
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An audio impression of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival of 2011

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 56:59
Latin Jazz plays John Coltrane
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition focuses on the music of legendary Jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane.

Bought by WJSU and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 2
Ken Prue on Movies 1-Blade Runner
From: Laurence Stevenson
Series: Ken Prue on Movies
Caption: Ken Prue at Nothumberland Mall Theatre
Movie enthusiast Ken Prue discusses his favorite movie, Blade Runner.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 27:46
Latin Jazz plays Charlie Parker.
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Special Editions
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As part of the Latin Jazz plays jazz series, this edition features renditions of jazz legend, saxophonist, Charlie Parker, rendered by latin Jazz a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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