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20240212: Living The Dream With Megan Piphus, 2/12/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman pupp...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Living The Dream With Megan Piphus
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman pupp...

Bought by KTNA, RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
StoryCorps Griot: Rob Maiden and Daniel Jacob
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Daniel Jacob and Rob Maiden at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, TX in 2014., Credit: Liyna Anwar for StoryCorps.
Rob Maiden tells his friend and fellow Mavs ManiAACs performer, Daniel Jacob, about what led him to join their hip--hop dance group of self--procla...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Take Me To The River New Orleans
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to the film, "Take Me To the River New Orleans." The Story of of NOLA's diverse music culture told through a series o...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WYSO, KALW, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #44: The Battle of the Crooners 1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Battle of the Crooners 1: Cliff Edwards vs. Parker Gibbs".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #45: Satchmo Meets Pops
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Louis Armstrong young and old on Jazz-O-Rama!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev presents an hour of early an late recordings of Louis Armstrong, including: Willie The Weeper; Mack The Knife; Down In Honky Tonk Town...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #47: Funk-O-Rama Fusion
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: An hour of classic 70s jazz-rock fusion., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Host Joe Bev goes back in time to the 1970s for an unusual hour of jazz-rock fusion LP cuts.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDCB, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Dave Holland Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
Teen Summer Status
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Teen Summer Status
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Makalah gives some tips on how to beat the heat! For Boredom Prevention she tests your memory with some fun trivia!

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:15
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 #23: "Make Believe Ballroom Hits"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Big band hits remastered by Joe Bev on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"In the Mood", "Begin the Beguine" and "Stompin' At The Savoy" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 23th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:35
  • 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
Sid & Josephine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Josephine Baker
Sidney Bechet and Josephine Baker were the most recognizable expatriates on the Parisian seen in the 1920s. If you've seen the movie "Midnight in P...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
SOUL TIME (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: Sister Sledge
It’s Funky. It’s smooth. It’s psychedelic. That’s what the music sounds like to SOUL TIME – Part #3

Bought by KFCF FM, WUFT, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, KHSU and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 57:06
  • Purchases: 6