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The Retro Cocktail Hour is a finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRPS, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jun 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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We may not be going all out but we’re letting more in. Most selections are new releases this installment. One of a couple best clarinetists alive t...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and WKAR


  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Michelle Valentine Show
Michelle Valentine visits a play called "A Vegas Wedding." Then, join Michelle and Joe as they participate in a very thrill-seeking parasailing exp...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 20:26
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*EVERGREEN EPISODE: In this episode we explore some of the best R&B, Pop, and Hip-Hop hits from 1997 to 2000.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:52:23
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we have Part 2 of our two-part episode welcoming jazz mandolin master Don Stiernberg with his quartet as they celebr...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
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From the 1950s on, Ella Fitzgerald became known around the world as one of the most renowned live performers in jazz. This week, we’ll sample from ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we explore the musical partnership of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, two songwriters who contributed gems like “Just In Time” and “The P...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we celebrate the smoky voice of jazz singer Chris Connor, who got her start with Claude Thornhill’s band in the 1940s, and went on to re...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Before Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, there was Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. This week, we’ll explore the songs of these early songwriters, inc...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Put on your dancing shoes as we cut a rug with the American Songbook. This week, I’ll be featuring jazz standards meant for dancing, including “I C...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Join Sarah Aronson on a musical trip around the globe.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Club classics from OMD and Visage, Latin beats out of Richmond, and a sharp "Anti-Club" relic.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a woman’s quest to become her own person outside her outgoing husband’s shadow in Rules for Second ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Afterglow, for Bastille Day, we turn to the music of Paris to hear music written "dans la Mode française," performed by Madeleine Peyr...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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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: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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A hundred years ago, suffragists lobbied to win women the right to vote. Linguistically speaking, though, suffrage isn't about "suffering." It's fr...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Tri States Public Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, Delmarva Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we go far out into space with Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist who is exploring the timeline of the u...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KSTK, WGTE Public Media, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Maori Troubadours
Where would the first rock and roll song emerge? The physical sciences' ideas of gradualism, law of inertia, and common sense says the first rock ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and KSLU


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Titina - 1 - EM2
Emma McCann - Animator and Production Designer - The Illusionist, Settling, The Red Turtle, The Bears Famous Invasion Of Sicily, and Titina

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, The "Juke In The Back" features the songs of one of R&B's greatest songwriters: Rudy Toombs. This underrated cat wrote some of the most ...

Bought by WOUB, KMXT, KCSM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Flamy Grant Interview, Juneteenth + New Premieres

  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:05
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Featuring music from Czech singer/songwriter Bara Zmekova, Gnawa music by Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Tiumbouktou, Menahan Street Band & Brazilian musici...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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A 1 hour weekly radio show featuring the best in classic and contemporary Latin Jazz music hosted by 19 year veteran Tony Vasquez.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin rides along with the members of motorcycle club the Vandals through their turbulent early years in The Bikeri...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), Harford Community Radio, WUTC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6