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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
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
How do actors bring Shakespeare's lines to life so that modern audiences immediately understand the text? One way is to emphasize the names of peop...
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WPCA-LP, WNIN, Raven Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more
- Added: Jan 01, 2024
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 16
Featuring- Let's Talk About Television, Brand New Oldies, Goin' Up The Country and Much More!
Bought by KECG
- Added: Dec 29, 2023
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 1
Nicole Newnham talks anger, synchronicity, and the 200-year battle.
- Added: Dec 27, 2023
- Length: 23:40
If you skip wearing underwear, you're said to be going commando. This bit of slang originated during the Vietnam War, when U.S. commandos had compe...
Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WPCA-LP, WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more
- Added: Dec 25, 2023
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 17
During the first half of the 1920s, Chicago took center stage in the world of jazz. This era proved to be a highly innovative time for young musici...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDCB, and KCBX
- Added: Dec 25, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin cheers on the University of Washington’s 1936 rowing team as they rise to greatness in The Boys in the Boat.
Bought by WRMU, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN
- Added: Dec 24, 2023
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
Hammered dulcimer prodigy, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Ozark original Ben Haguewood recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2023
- Length: 58:59
Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006
This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The understanding of how we humans experienc...
- Added: Dec 22, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
- Added: Dec 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, aka Nica or “The Jazz Baroness,” was a friend to Thelonious Monk and other jazz artists and inspired a slew of musical ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 59:01
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows the decades-long love story between Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, in Maestro.
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
Jazz and Christmas were not really considered well suited in the early 1920s. Eventually, as jazz became more popular, a perfect partnership evolve...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A titanic trio of certified country blues guitar masters recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, commentar...
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 58:59
A retrospective of the very first season of Ozark Highlands Radio featuring a variety of outstanding performances recorded live at Ozark Folk Cente...
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 58:59
Included in this Sampler is Fiedler's first recording as conductor, and one of his last, the first digital recording of an American orchestra.
- Added: Dec 18, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Stunt performers in movies have their own jargon for talking about their dangerous work. They refer to a stunt, for example, as a gag. Across the c...
Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more
- Added: Dec 18, 2023
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 14
Part 2 of music special producer Paul Ingles' thoughtful, heart-felt, year-end music mix program that allows us all to honor many of the music grea...
Bought by WORT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSJE, KFSK, KRVS and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 29
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
The 1920s was a time when traditional gender roles were deeply ingrained in society. Women were expected to conform to certain standards of behavio...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In the summer of 1965, the Beatles were the hottest act in the world. And for the first — and only time — John, Paul, George and Ringo were coming ...
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 35:39
