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171111 Community Radio Versus Top Down Radio Models
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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We can fall deeply, madly in love with late-night radio. This doesn't happen with any of the visual mediums. Never with a screen. Thing is, radi...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:50:05
The Speed of Sound: Peter Hook
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Peter Hook has spent the last few years touring with his band The Light, playing two sets of covers a night. Both are in tribute to his two former ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WOUB, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
171026 Membership Drive
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It's not much of a show.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:31:41
The Speed of Sound: Styx
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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It’s been over a decade, but Styx are finally back with new music! They’ve made that time away well worth it with an epic new record called The Mis...

Bought by WLPR and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Deep Purple
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Maybe to counterbalance the naming of their next tour The Long Goodbye, Deep Purple titled their newest LP – their 20th album – Infinite. While the...

Bought by WLPR and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
171026 A Show Without A Title
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Heartfelt feelings about radio surrounded by instrumental songs (on top of lyrics). A nice little set of that other regional music of the Pacific ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:49:30
The Speed of Sound: 311
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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311 return this year with a new LP, Mosaic, due out this summer. It'll follow up 2014's reflective Stereolithic with a massive 17 cuts, staying tru...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 23, 2017
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Chris Robinson Brotherhood
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Chris Robinson and his namesake, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, dropped an LP and a companion EP just last year, but are already back to follow th...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WLPR , and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Tedeschi Trucks Band
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Kyle Meredith spoke with Derek Trucks about the new Tedeschi Trucks Band live LP, Live From The Fox Oakland. The get into the ins and outs of the m...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WLPR , and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Japandroids
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Brian King of Japandroids gave us a call to talk about the new LP, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, which finds the duo taking on bigger sounds and ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WLPR , and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Cage the Elephant
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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With Cage the Elephant's new live/studio album Unpeeled on the way, Brad Shultz spoke with Kyle Meredith about the concept behind the LP, their cho...

Bought by KSRQ, WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Old Crow Medicine Show
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Ketch Secor from Old Crow Medicine Show spoke with Kyle Meredith about their new Best Of collection and it's two unreleased songs, as well as the u...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Dawes (2017)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Dawes will roll back into town this Friday, April 21st, to the Brown Theater on tour to support their latest record, We're All Gonna Die, as well a...

Bought by WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Erasure
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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For Erasure 17th LP, Andy Bell and Vince Clark needed look no further than the newspapers for inspiration. World Be Gone is not only lyrically refl...

Bought by WOUB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Minus The Bear
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Much has happened to Minus The Bear in the five years since their last LP. Parenthood, member changes, and growing older take a bulk of it. That's ...

Bought by WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: CJ Ramone
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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CJ Ramone knows that there will always be comparisons. Being one of only seven artists who've been graced with the Ramones surname, it's just somet...

Bought by WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Dan Auerbach
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Dan Auerbach recently his 2nd solo LP, Waiting On A Song, on June 2 via Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch Records. The Black Keys frontman took a moment to s...

Bought by WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
Drew Barrymore
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: Pledge Drive Songs, Topical Songs & Parodies
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Funny & Catchy Song to play before or after any segment involving a Pop Icon.

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:48
Entertainment Inaction: The Liberal Use of the Cause
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Phil Ochs
Interviews with Thomas Frank and Rasul Mowatt--Meritocracy dissected and the politics of popular protest songs: "Entertainment Inaction."

  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:29:36
I Demand A Mug!!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: Pledge Drive Songs, Topical Songs & Parodies
Caption: I Demand A Mug!!
Pledge Drive Song Originally Created for WHUP's April 2017 Pledge Drive, But Can Be Easily Modified by Songwriter for No Extra Fee.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:40
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Happy Birthday Dr. King)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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This one hour musical program commemorates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the music is rare and this would a splendid program t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUCB, WORT, Spokane Public Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 27
The Speed of Sound: Hamilton Leithauser
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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With the announcement that his band The Walkmen would go on hiatus, Hamilton Leithauser found himself free to experiment with new sounds. His first...

Bought by WKMS, WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Paul Carrack
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Let’s start with the roll call. Ace. Roxy Music. Squeeze. Mike + the Mechanics. These are the bands of Paul Carrack. The soul singing keyboardist h...

Bought by KSUT, KRCB 104.9, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: The Black Keys
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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It’s been a lot of fun to watch the rise of The Black Keys. They started out as a couple of guys who like to jam on their amped up version of the b...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, WOUB, KSUT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Speed of Sound: Shirley Manson (Garbage)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Have you heard the new Garbage record, Strange Little Birds? It’s been difficult for me to stop listening to it. Over 20 years in and the band hasn...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUCB, WOUB, WLPR , and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 5