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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
There is a portion of Copyright law that is starting to come due. It states that if 35 years pass that you can petition for your copyright to be r...
Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
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
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
This hour on Audacious, Chion talks with guests about what it's like to leave your home country to make a life in a new one? Plus, a conversation w...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 50:00
We wanna route our path as we are “Chasing Horizons” with trumpeter Fred Forney and his sax man Brice Winston. The latter appeared at the 2024 Tucs...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, Raven Radio, KRZA, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Jan 16, 2024
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 12
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
Every year, we take the final show and say a thank you and raise a glass to the musicians who passed. This is that show.
Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KTRL and more
- Added: Dec 24, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
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
For the 7th year straight, music specials producer Paul Ingles offers the thoughtful, heart-felt, year-end compendium program that allows us all to...
Bought by WORT, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUSF, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 40
I would really like to keep score on how many of these Lost Christmas Songs I have collected for you. At least the ones you actually recognize. Add...
- Added: Dec 10, 2023
- Length: 58:26
- Purchases: 2
“Known as the ‘apostle of the cacti,’ this advocate for the creation of desert national parks was named after this ancient Roman goddess ….” If tha...
- Added: Dec 09, 2023
- Length: 28:00
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
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
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
Vocalist Courtney Burton and the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra perform distinctive holiday shows. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Courtney ...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Vocalist Courtney Burton leads the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra in four holiday shows this season. Catch the act at 7pm Thursday December 21 at...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 08:00
On this episode of Audacious, 18 people talk about the smells that bring them back to childhood, including the poet, Atticus, and death doula, Alua...
- Added: Nov 28, 2023
- Length: 50:01
An hour of classical organ music for the first Sunday of Advent
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 01:00:00
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
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
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
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...
- Added: Oct 27, 2023
- Length: 57:17
Music celebrities that have passed often have fans that come to the grave sites and leave gifts. Here is a list of some of the more famous ones.
- Added: Oct 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
