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This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.
- Added: Mar 28, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Alaska's Fresh Catch we are sitting back and enjoying the music. We are going to hear from AK musicians Emma Hill (Anc), Paul Jacks (A...
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- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
With a total solar eclipse just days away, we’re looking up at the sun for inspiration. We’ll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including “...
- Added: Mar 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the Divine One, Miss Sarah Vaughan, looking at some of her best recordings for Mercury Records, ...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, I’ll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like “April In Paris,...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we chat with Carl Besece of the band Gypsy Cowboys. The band is based in the rust belt, but Carl has been a long time player in the Talke...
- Added: Feb 05, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Jazz standards like “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “A Sunday Kind of Love” are not just for singers like Frank Sinatra. This week, we’ll hear the Gr...
- Added: Jan 31, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we take a listen to the work of jazz vocalist Dakota Staton, famous for her work on Capitol Records in the 1950s, including...
- Added: Jan 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On this episode of Audacious, what does it take to go through the audition process and get on those shows? Meet three people who did just that and ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 50:00
Get a preview of some of the Vocal Jazz and traditional pop Grammy Nominees before the February 4th ceremony, including artists like Cecile McLorin...
- Added: Jan 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week we have a show filled to the BRIM with top notch music! New music from Pete Yorn, the Black Crows, FBX band Sourdough's Dreams, a live re...
- Added: Jan 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Stars have always been an inspiration for songwriters, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll explore those Stardust melodies written by Hoagy Carmichae...
- Added: Jan 03, 2024
- Length: 59:00
It's the end of the year, so we are taking a look back at some of our favorite tracks from 2023 from Alaska and beyond!
- Added: Dec 25, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
E.Y. “Yip” Harburg wrote words to some of the most memorable songs in American culture, including “Over The Rainbow” and “It’s Only A Paper Moon” a...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We’re looking up at the moon this week, exploring jazz standards all about our lunar companion, like “Fly Me To The Moon,” “Moon River,” and many m...
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We’re celebrating the 100th birthday of bebop vocalist Bob Dorough, listening to some of his hip jazz tunes like “Devil May Care” and “Comin’ Home ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We’re celebrating Frank Sinatra’s birthday by exploring his musical partnership with the great arranger Nelson Riddle, including their work on icon...
- Added: Nov 17, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We take a listen to some recent releases for the second half of the year, including new music from singers Laufey, Veronica Swift, Caity Gyorgy, an...
- Added: Nov 17, 2023
- Length: 59:00
We pay tribute to jazz guitarist Barney Kessel and his work with notable singers like Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Anita O’Day and many more.
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 59:00
