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Pride Anthems | Episode 24-19
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: 2024 Episodes | Tent Show Radio
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Jungle Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway Orchestra
No one truly knows when the term came into common use. The original intent was for it to be derogatory. Insult the band and the music by calling it...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Stevie Wonderfest
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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We continue this month with our Stevie Wonderfest including songs by the legend and celebrate the musical superstar with tunes by Chaka Khan and In...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
A Sobering Reality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tiny Parham & Musicians
It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1056: Andrew Farriss Band and Fortunate Ones
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Andrew Farriss makes his WoodSongs debut.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes founding member of INXS Andrew Farris plus Canadian indie folk duo Fortun...

Bought by KMSU, KCHW, KEDT, KAAD-LP, WETS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
StoryCorps: Sugar Pie DeSanto and Jim Moore
From: StoryCorps
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Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto came to StoryCorps with Jim Moore, her manager of 50 years, to talk about her start on the stage and her legacy.

  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 02:53
Material Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Snowmask
Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

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  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Connie's Inn, Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Credit: CBS Studio
The nightlife that blossomed in Chicago and New York in the teens and ‘20s are the thread that laced together audience and music. In earlier years,...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Literature and Art
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Winold Reiss
“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” Those words come from F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Influencial Foursome
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "King" Oliver
It was a lengthy journey from obscurity to international popularity. No one will say it was easy. But, with steadfast perseverance and endless cre...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
European Dance Bands
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bert Ambrose
As traditional jazz evolved through the 1920s, audiences in Europe began gravitating toward larger dance bands. Live performances at dance halls an...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1102: Daryl Mosley and Crandall Creek
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: WoodSongs Kid Ryder Brant performs.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes legendary bluegrass songwriter and performer Daryl Mosley plus high-energ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Radio Bristol, KTRL, KBRW and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Latin Jazz Perspective (R-9)
From: Tony Vasquez
Series: Latin Perspective - Latin Jazz Hour (weekly)
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A 1 hour radio show featuring the best in classic and contemporary Latin Jazz music hosted by 19 year veteran Tony Vasquez.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, RADIOLEX, WICR, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
On the Continent
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hot Club of France
Between 1917 and the early ’30s there is a transformative era for jazz in Europe. While the music gets a foothold in America, it quickly spreads ac...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blame Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: James P. Johnson
Jazz had to deal with a number of hurdles, in the 1920s, before it was eventually accepted by the American public. Even then, it was very limited a...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1100: Riders in the Sky
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Riders in the Sky return to the WoodSongs Stage with a new album.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy winners keepers of the traditional country and cowboy music flame ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KBRW, Radio Bristol, KTRL and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
Boosting Morale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
In the decade of the1920s, jazz evolves into the heartbeat of America. The music is the catapult into a new era around the world. Looking back, it ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1099: Sugarcane Jane and Mindy Murray
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Sugarcane Jane returns to the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots duo Sugarcane Jane plus Appalachian songwriter Mindy Murry.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KBRW, Radio Bristol, KTRL, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Ladies' Choice (Vol.9)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A ninth installment of bluegrass, jazz & mixer material that features female musicians.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:22
03112024: Kindness, 3/11/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Kindness
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, WGTE Public Media, KECG and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Trailblazing Women
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
The 1920s was a important time in the earliest years of jazz, as musicians began migrating to points north of New Orleans. Any time there’s a discu...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pied Pipers of the Big Apple
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Barney Bigard
It may feel like an overstatement to say, but it’s true, that the 1920s was a pivotal decade for jazz, and that’s especially true for New York City...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1097: Blake O’Connor and William Matheny
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: William Matheny on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes award winning artist Blake O'Connor plus West Virginia-based singer-songw...

Bought by KBRW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KJZX-Austin, KMSU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 30
The Pied Pipers of Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frank Teschemacher
The 1920s were a exciting time for jazz in Chicago. While all jazz musicians played crucial roles in shaping a style that took on the name of the c...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1