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Music from Wichita's Bongo Bobby Thomas
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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Wichita Percussionist Bobby Thomas known as “Bongo Bobby” has been playing the drums for 60 years. We’ll debut his first single on Soulsations, the...

Bought by WGZS, KCUR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Blues From the Road with Larry Garner 11-05-22
From: WBRH
Series: Blues From the Road with Larry Garner
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Blues From the Road with Larry Garner 11-05-22

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:24
Blues From the Road with Larry Garner from 10-29-22
From: WBRH
Series: Blues From the Road with Larry Garner
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Blues From the Road with Larry Garner from 10-29-22

  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
Aliyah Hicks
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Normally, The Rough Draft Diaries looks back on someone's success months or years after they've mastered their skill or goal. Today, we're chatting...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Dancing in the Streets: A History of the Second Line
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Dancing in the Streets book cover, Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
Put on your alligator shoes and Sunday best as we explore the history of the Second Line while we go dancing in the streets of New Orleans.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:55
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
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1584 (Hour 1 & 2) - 06/08/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Poncho’s Latin Spirits break the ice so Guy Davis can make a blues home. Pianist Jay McShann represents another KC pianist Mary Lou Williams, and P...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
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
RDD: Aayan Naim and the Blues
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Rough Draft Diaries is feeling the blues this week as we hang out with Aayan Naim, leader singer of the blues band, The Good, The Bad, and The ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:04
UpFront Soul #2016.05 - Carnival- February 1-7, 2016
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Bo Dollis
We'll celebrate Carnival with two hours of New Orleans music! You'll hear the latest from the Rebirth Brass Band and Kermit Ruffins, plus Carnival ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSRQ, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2015.50 - December 21-27, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Godfather of Soul
It's a very soulful Christmas! We'll hear holiday favorites from Louis Armstrong and James Brown, plus new soulful songs of the season from Sharon ...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KMXT, WVAS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:07
  • Purchases: 12
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 Blackbirds of 1928
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blackbirds Sheet Music
The review, Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1928, opened at the Liberty Theatre on 42nd Street in May of that year.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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
Jazz-O-Rama #33: "Open the Door, Richard!" Remastered Count Basie 78s
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Count Basie 78s on Jazz-O-Rama
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records is heard on the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #32: Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Skater's Waltz, Serenade to a Cuckoo, and Jive Elephant are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs is hear...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
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