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A New Ballad from Ledisi and Kenny Lattimore
From: KMUW
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A new ballad by Grammy-winning vocalist, Ledisi, featuring Kenny Lattimore, “Perfect Stranger”, also a brand new single, “That’s My King”, from bes...

Bought by WGZS, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 6
Building Community and Halting the Gas Export Boom on the Gulf Coast - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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The Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas face a petrochemical and fracked gas export boom. Super-heat-charged hurricanes strike almost every year. As ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
UpFront Soul #2020.07 - February 24- March 1- Carnival Spectacular
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Hustlers Brass Band
It's Carnival Time! UpFront Soul brings you to the Crescent City and lets you catch some beads as we celebrate with Carnival favorites from Profess...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KHNS, WLPR , WOMR, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Reel Discovery: Hidden Figures
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins in the space race with the women of Hidden Figures.

Bought by KTXK, WLPR , WSGE, KKRN, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
UpFront Soul #2016.51 - December 19-25, 2016
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: James Brown
We'll fill your stocking with soulful Christmas classics from James Brown, Louis Armstrong, and Mahalia Jackson, and light your way with Hanukkah g...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WVAS, Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Walter Page
It too decades for jazz historians to recognize regional bands for their influence on the music.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten: An Unlikely Folk Hero
From: Matthew Cochran
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Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton’s “Freight Train” was the unofficial anthem of the 1960’s folk music revival. Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and Jerry Ga...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Nightfly #2015.07 - Mardi Gras Parade - Carnival Spectacular 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
It's Carnival Time! The Nightfly gives you a seat in the reviewing stand as the Mardi Gras parade rolls by. We'll bring you big noise from brass ba...

Bought by KZUM, KPIP-LP, KBYS 88.3 FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #46: Herbie Hancock
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: The Early LPs of Herbie Hancock is presented by Joe Bevilacqua , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A birthday tribute to the American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, born April 12, 1940.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 2
A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas Special with Joe Bev, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
An hour of Christmas themed remastered 78 RPM records and LP cuts, hosted by Joe Bev.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WCBE, WVAS, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Folly of Fats part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Here’s another look at the extraordinary talents of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, with more humorous stories from behind the scenes.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Folly of Fats part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
Thomas Wright ‘Fats’ Waller is one of the few who can be called a legend during his lifetime, even though it was all too short: 39 years. Here he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Johnny Dodds Tribute part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds was one of the greatest clarinetist of the 1920's. Although both Jimmy Noone and Sidney Bechet had better technique, Dodds had a very ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
St. Louis Shuffle
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: sheet music cover
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: HAPPY, NEW or YEAR 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...

Bought by WCBE, WVAS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #24: "Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller & Mildred Bailey"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller & Mildred Bailey 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"The Sheik of Araby", "Don't Fence Me In" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 24th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz-O-Rama #22: "Fletcher Henderson & Sidney Bechet"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered Fletcher Henderson & Sidney Bechet 78s on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "Christopher Columbus" will be among the 78 RPM records are heard on the 22th edition of Joe Be...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 3
Jabbo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cladys "Jabbo" Smith
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Apex Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Apex Club
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Satchmo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
A Noble Cause
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Noble Sissle
Bandleader, vocalist, pianist and composer Noble Sissle began his career in 1915 when he joined ragtime-vaudevillian Eubie Blake. Together they wr...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Erroll Garner, January 2, 1977
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:00