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Valentine's Day Diary
From: Hans Anderson
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It's another dateless Valentine's Day. I decided to make a diary of it.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, PRX Remix, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Alicia and the Monster Under the Bed
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories about adventures that arise at the end of the day.

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Music of Pianists With Missing Fingers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
The music sound familiar and you probably have heard their names; Dr. John, H-Bomb Ferguson, Russ Conway, Horace Parlan, Edward Frank, and Roy Carr...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1719 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01-09-2020
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We borrow influence from the classical and pop sides for our jazz and blues this episode, as one album title aptly states "variety is the spice." F...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KHNS, and WMOT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Jug Band Battle is a Quirky Mid-Winter Minneapolis Musical Highlight
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands has gotten so big now that it straddles the Twin Cities in two venues. Saturday afternoon February 8 at the...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Radio 586 AZ Roots for 01-01 to 01-07-20 Show 333
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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2020 brings a clear vision of Arizona musicians centering around a recent live performance by the Shea Marshall-Andrew Gross Organ Combo hosted by ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:59
Full Moon Hacksaw #1716 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/19/2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Among side the yuletide comes our favorite high-level players like Bobby Hutcherson, Tommy Flanagan, Miles, the Count, Goodman, Silver and Ellingto...

Bought by KHNS, WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WYAP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Radio 586 AZ Roots 11-27 to 12-03-19 Show 328
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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It is our usual mix of local Arizona artists with the globe, drummer Luis Santos represents Brazil and New York; Young Sounds the desert southwest,...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
84: FDC Willard, Physicist
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Trend setting science from 1975. We can't tell you anything else, it would spoil the surprise!

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1711 (Hour 1 & 2) - 11-14-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Buddy DeFranco’s clarinet is vintage hip and swinging, Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie are also on the bill under the same record label. To Newp...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS, WOUB, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Harvest Home
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Harvest Home, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a world of good music and autumnal customs we're gathering this week on the Folktale of Harvest Home.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Angels
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Angels, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a celestial assortment of divinely inspired music from around the globe on this week's show--hope you can join us for the "Folktale of Angels"!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
Zeitgeist New Music’s Hallowe’en is Scary Stuff
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
The annual Zeitgeist new Music Ensemble annual Hallowe’en event takes place Thursday October 31 through Sunday Nov 3 at Studio Z in St Paul. The ev...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Odd Measures Evening Showcases Brilliant Oddities of the Twin Cities Music Scene
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ritika Ganguly, Credit: Vinod Srinivasan
Thursday November 14 at 7:30, the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis presents Odd Measures Evening. The show brings to the public a group of seve...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1707 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10-17-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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West coast jazz vinyl surfaces a few times this episode, first with Bob Cooper playing oboe. Then it’s the MJQ with impressive big band backing, sa...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
Daniel Johnston-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Yip Jump! Music, Credit: Daniel Johnston
Celebrating the great outside artist, songwriter and performer with his music and exclusive interviews.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 32:35
76: Weird World of Pets
From: Trace Kerr
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A half-marathon running dog, Japan's pet cafes, cats might be able to recognizing their names, but we're not completely sure (because cats am I rig...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 16:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1701 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09-05-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A good balance of Brazilian, small group, piano, blues, big band, vocalists, sax, guitar, Cuba and its neighbors, new and vintage. First a new name...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Radio 586 AZ Roots 08-07 to 08-13-19 show 312
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Hacksaw Tom hosts. For the warm-up show to our monthly live concert, we listen to brand-new releases for the first time from jazz giant drummer Jim...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 57:59
68: Seasonal Depression
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Sending a little love to our listeners in the Southern Hemisphere. It might be summer here, but it's the middle of winter down south. Turn on some ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Wrestlers Body Slam Domestic Violence
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Midwest All-Star Wrestling League recently invited wrestlers from across the country to compete in Minnesota. Behind all the trash-talking and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WDSE


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1693 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07-11-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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This is the 17 hundred and 43rd jazz program we have done for radio, but who’s counting? We skipped both decades of the ‘80s & ‘90s for once. Begin...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WVBI-LP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 10
Radio 586 AZ Roots for 07-03 to 07-09-19 Show 307
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Summertime mix 'N match, hosted by Hacksaw Tom. Vocals from the late Ann Richards, very rarely heard these days, and we don’t mean a Texas Governor...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
Fourth of July Sonic ID
From: Redmond Grybauskas
Caption: An 1887 Autophone Concert Roller barrel organ from a private collection on Nantucket., Credit: Isa Fritsch
On Nantucket, a grinder organ built in 1887 plays the Star-Spangled Banner.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2019
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1686 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05-23-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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From the archives I called on a musician friend to talk about a Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler album. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers play from the ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMOT, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 11

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