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Defining the first rock and roll song has been passionately argued because to find "the first rock and roll song" requires ignoring tons of music t...
Bought by KPRG, KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG and more
- Added: Apr 11, 2022
- Length: 02:56:28
- Purchases: 8
Hi, I'm Jim Lange and this is the Dating Game for dogs. In the post-WWII world, this music that was later called "Rock and Roll" was simply popula...
Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM and more
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 02:56:45
- Purchases: 6
There's a half dozen popular myths defining the first rock and roll record but every week we feature 85 songs you've never heard any and all of the...
Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more
- Added: Mar 06, 2022
- Length: 02:57:02
- Purchases: 7
Show starts with songs that you've heard before but they haven't gotten scooped up by the "oldies" or "hits" title so they're not over-played by ra...
- Added: May 13, 2019
- Length: 02:56:14
In trying to edit and post four of these shows at the same time, I've already forgotten what this show was supposed to be about. Let's just call ...
- Added: May 13, 2019
- Length: 02:49:19
Mystery Monday is a series of one hour program that features vintage radio mystery programs from the 1930's through the 1950's.
- Added: Dec 31, 2018
- Length: 56:58
- Purchases: 4
Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...
- Added: Sep 03, 2018
- Length: 03:32:49
Starting off with answer songs done by New Orleans musicians then the roots songs covered by Commander Cody and Barrence Whitfield. The rest is my...
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:11:08
Lyrics made of lists, New Orleans music and mostly music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.
- Added: Feb 19, 2018
- Length: 03:04:01
Contemporary Mardi Gras music and what it means to me.
- Added: Feb 05, 2018
- Length: 03:21:51
Other than marinating in water, there's not much similarity between Louisiana Swamp Pop music and California Surf music. Oh yeah, both were featur...
- Added: Jan 09, 2018
- Length: 02:49:42
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- Added: Nov 27, 2017
- Length: 02:56:51
Late Saturday in the French Quarter music. Songs about "Sittin,"" an autoharp player inspired by Jimi Hendrix, a string harp in a blues song and ...
- Added: Nov 19, 2017
- Length: 03:50:25
A broader range of music to explore the idea that music can be the abstract unspoken common bond in societies when the spoken bonds are fractured b...
- Added: Nov 05, 2017
- Length: 05:24:29
It's not much of a show.
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 01:31:41
A couple songs about rocket ships from two women's groups and variations on the standard, Maybelline. Plus a handful of songs by Billy Lee Riley a...
- Added: Oct 31, 2017
- Length: 03:02:11
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
A bunch of mini sets of music including girl groups (without that irritating Phil Spector sound) and girl groups from Detroit (without that pretent...
- Added: Oct 16, 2017
- Length: 02:51:01
Why instrumental songs with any American Indian tribe other than "Cherokee" seem more authentic than songs with "Cherokee" in the song title. Plus...
- Added: Oct 09, 2017
- Length: 02:50:25
I think this show worked as a deep dive into late Saturday night radio. Starting the night with the novelties of me juggling chopsticks and shoes ...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:50:33
Long sets of Louisiana music and music about names like "Bud, Shorty and Irma. Bud as in "Uncle Bud" the dirty ditty that is based on Froggy Goes ...
- Added: Sep 10, 2017
- Length: 02:52:04
Esoteric and topical enough?
- Added: Sep 04, 2017
- Length: 04:25:07
The burst of musical creativity from the 1950s to 70s and how the British band successfully marketed Americana to Americans.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 02:48:30
An economic history of New Orleans doesn't involve military statues or big men to build a mythological story and capture the romantic's view of her...
- Added: Aug 28, 2017
- Length: 03:45:50
Broadening the Saturday night sound but keeping the connections to the theme of foundational music. Tonight including Sun Ra's doo wop phase, musi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2017
- Length: 03:45:58
