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Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding took up the violin at age five, was a concertmaster at fifteen and graduated from the Berklee School of Music at a...
- Added: Apr 08, 2016
- Length: 06:51
Variety is the key this time as I am serving a Little Of This & That with 2 hours of indie music in the singer-songwriter, funk, classic rock, Amer...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 59:00
This time I’m serving a Little This & That from a myriad of indie artists, keying in on great albums to add to your record collection. It’s mostly ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 59:00
The story of Moon Taxi is one of perseverance and belief that what they were doing would no doubt find its way into the collective consciousness of...
Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 2
Faux live broadcast from a New Orleans music club featuring music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of...
- Added: Nov 26, 2015
- Length: 02:55:13
Indie Music is not only a trendy term, it's a confusing one for some folks. The notion of what is and what isn’t “indie” has many folks confused. S...
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 59:02
Songs sung by women named "Barbara."
Short fund drive announcements that are tied into the music. The boring, droning, repetitive ones were cut...
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 02:42:52
On a recent trip to a local record shop, D Grant Smith found a few golden nuggets that had been cast aside. Fortunately for him and now for you, it...
- Added: Nov 01, 2015
- Length: 59:00
Great music is great no matter when it is released. This week it's alternative music from indie, unsigned and a few mainstream acts from across the...
Bought by WSLR, WICR, KUPR low power FM, and KMXT
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 4
Our 2nd hour continues with more great indie music that expands on the Alternative model, this time diving a little deeper into alt-rock, while als...
Bought by WSLR, WICR, KUPR low power FM, and KMXT
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 4
From the renaissance of Americana culture, 1950 to 1970s when we were searching for a uniquely American musical identity in the 20th century that c...
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 02:50:46
This week, I have Hooks for you from 13 artists, all recently released material that will give you ample reason to pick up the full album. Music on...
Bought by WICR
- Added: Oct 18, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Songs you've never heard about teenagers (including Molly and Trudy) by musicians you've never heard of.
- Added: Oct 12, 2015
- Length: 02:53:45
Pioneer jazz flutist Frank Wess sports spirited while Puerto Rican rhythms abound with beauty via Willie Colon. Exotic rhythms interpreted by Ted G...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, and WOUB
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 3
Mose Allison shouts out the Hacksaw handle, heavyweights Oscar Peterson and Art Blakey, who probably never played together, take turns on our stage...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WVBI-LP, WYAP, KCMJ Community Radio, WOUB and more
- Added: Sep 16, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 6
Our 2nd hour continues with more great new music from both emerging and established indie artists including Joss Stone and Nathan Thompson. We also...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 59:00
In our 2nd hour, New Orlean’s based jazz fusion band Galactic combines a killer set of funk, R&B, jazz, rock with some amazing star power like Ryan...
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 59:02
In 2015 we've experienced some truly amazing music, especially from indie musicians. Here are 16 albums you can't pass up including Kelley McRae, T...
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 59:02
In the second our of our annual Covers Special, we have a curated playlist of music that includes covers from my favorite era of music, 90s alt-roc...
- Added: Aug 06, 2015
- Length: 59:02
Our annual Covers Special returns with new cover songs from Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell's latest release, Amanda Palmer takes on Radiohead using h...
- Added: Aug 06, 2015
- Length: 59:01
This week we explore the concept of a concept album including the album's conception and how the music is thematically conceived. When does a conc...
- Added: Jun 17, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Another live show, another drink and dash on the bar tab. Then I had to hide out from the police so I went to the radio station and did the 3am to...
- Added: May 23, 2015
- Length: 05:58:03
We as a culture and as humans spend a lot of time with technology, all focused on the newest, latest and most updated this, that and the other. We ...
- Added: May 21, 2015
- Length: 59:02
We have within each of us a desire to be noticed, or found worthy. It’s inherent in every human being. Being noticed is one thing, but graduating f...
- Added: May 13, 2015
- Length: 59:02
Extreme vintage hour openers, like bebop in a big band with Eckstine, rare Clifford Brown the other. Singers who would normally not mix, Carrie Smi...
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 5
