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This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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An Afterglow tradition returns this week, as I bring you some tradition songs of the season, and play some summertime favorites sung by Frank Sinat...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Our 1920s retrospective continues this week on Afterglow, as we dive into the year 1922, exploring songs that resonated with audiences and singers ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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With a total solar eclipse just days away, we’re looking up at the sun for inspiration. We’ll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including “...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the Divine One, Miss Sarah Vaughan, looking at some of her best recordings for Mercury Records, ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, I’ll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like “April In Paris,...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we celebrate singer and film star Judy Garland. We’ll chronicle her music career and feature many of her recordings from the 1940s to th...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Jazz standards like “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “A Sunday Kind of Love” are not just for singers like Frank Sinatra. This week, we’ll hear the Gr...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Afterglow, we take a listen to the work of jazz vocalist Dakota Staton, famous for her work on Capitol Records in the 1950s, including...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Stars have always been an inspiration for songwriters, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll explore those Stardust melodies written by Hoagy Carmichae...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Afterglow, I’ll explore the influence of country music on jazz and traditional pop songs from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. We’ll hear coun...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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E.Y. “Yip” Harburg wrote words to some of the most memorable songs in American culture, including “Over The Rainbow” and “It’s Only A Paper Moon” a...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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We’re looking up at the moon this week, exploring jazz standards all about our lunar companion, like “Fly Me To The Moon,” “Moon River,” and many m...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Salt Lick Sessions artists cover your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite holiday music! Host Beane showcases their fresh and sometimes moving takes o...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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We’re celebrating the 100th birthday of bebop vocalist Bob Dorough, listening to some of his hip jazz tunes like “Devil May Care” and “Comin’ Home ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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An hour of classical organ music for the first Sunday of Advent

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We’re celebrating Frank Sinatra’s birthday by exploring his musical partnership with the great arranger Nelson Riddle, including their work on icon...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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We take a listen to some recent releases for the second half of the year, including new music from singers Laufey, Veronica Swift, Caity Gyorgy, an...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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We pay tribute to jazz guitarist Barney Kessel and his work with notable singers like Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Anita O’Day and many more.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00