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Caption: Freddie Keppard
The early Crescent City cornets set the standard for the decade of the 1920s. This program is a followup recognizing those creative artists who gen...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brittany Haas from Hawktail on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes monstrous compositional and instrumental acoustic quartet Hawktail plus...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Bristol, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 53
Caption: The Island1 AB2
Alexander Balanescu - Romanian Violinist and Film Composer - Angels And Insects, Johnny The Partisan, The Way I Spent the End of the World, The Mag...

Bought by KUT, CHSR-FM 97.9, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Buddy Bolden
The tradition of Crescent City cornetists and trumpeters begins with Buddy Bolden and ends with Henry “Red” Allen. It’s well documented on record t...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Stranger
Simon Njoo - Australian Film Editor - The Babadook, Spear, The Nightingale, Martha: A Picture Story, River, The Stranger, Harley & Katya

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Noble Sissle
He joined his first society orchestra in 1916, helped organize a regimental band during WWI, teamed up with rag time pianist Eubie Blake, and forme...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Emily The Criminal
Mark Riccardi - Stunt Coordinator - Face/Off, Whiplash, The Black Phone, Emily The Criminal, and Vengeance

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Duke Ellington Orchesrtra
Long before the age of the “Big Band Era”, bandleaders were creating swing in their orchestras. Nineteen-twenty-seven to 1936 was a decade of expe...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Origin PD2
Paul Davies - UK-Based Sound Designer - The Queen, Hunger, We Need To Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here, Saint Maud, Encounter, The Origin

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Nov 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Benny Moton Orchestra
Kansas City developed a unique style of jazz in the 1920s. Musicians borrowed heavily from blues and ragtime. In the process, the band leaders deve...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Moon Manor 2
Phoenix Mellow - Costume Designer - Mad Men, Beneath, Sex Ed, Detroiters, Black Panther, Sylvie's Love, and Moon Manor

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ethel Waters
Before there can be a singer there has to be a lyricist. Fortunately, the 1920s were rich in the number of creative wordsmiths. Not to mention the...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vengeance 4
Lyn Moncrief - Cinematographer - The Wall Of Mexico, Into The Dark, The Wind, Vengeance, and They/Them

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Edythe Turnham's Band
: Jazz emphasized improvisation and individual expression. It became a symbol of freedom and rebellion. Especially for the young. The fact that it...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Emily The Criminal 1
Jaime Sainz - Sound Designer and Foley Mixer - Amores Perros, Roma, Nomadland, Sanctorum, The Sky Is Everywhere, Emily The Criminal, and Bardo

Bought by KUT, RADIOLEX, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Lang & Johnson
One entry into the field of jazz that is frequently overlooked is the guitar. It belonged in the rhythm section. That is until Eddie Lang and a few...

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Black Box
Owl Martin Dwyer - Set Decorator and Production Designer - Broken City, Keanu, Queen Sugar, Black Box, Madres, and Torn Hearts

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Black Box
Glenn Garland - Film Editor - The Devil's Rejects, Halloween, King Of California, The Vampire Diaries, Black Box

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Stephen Chiodo - Director of Animation - Critters, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Team America: World Police, Alien Xmas, Marcel The Shell With Sh...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On 1
Liz Toonkel - Production Designer - Digging For Fire, The Vigil, The Queens, The Lady And The Dale, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Emily The Criminal

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lucy And Desi
Daniel Pagan - Supervising Sound Editor - Ghost Dog, Coffee And Cigarettes, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, Inferno, Soul Surfer, Genius, Black Box, B...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1