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Join us for an eye-opening journey into history with military historian, intelligence officer and Smithsonian Associate, Harry Yeide! đđ°ď¸. Smithson...
- Added: Jun 06, 2024
- Length: 30:17
This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. Weâll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Weâre living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including âCome F...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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
We explore wants and desires this week, hearing âI wantâ songs from the American Songbook, including âI Want To Be Happy,â âWhatever Lola Wants,â a...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the film studio MGM, so this week, weâre celebrating one of MGMâs biggest stars: Judy Garland! Weâll take a clo...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. Weâll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Weâre once again turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties on Afterglow, to hear the songs from last century that have stuck around. Weâll foc...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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
This week, weâre continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like âAinât We Got Fun,â â...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow, weâre 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
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
In this first episode of Laura Flanders & Friends (formerly The Laura Flanders Show), Laura is joined by Angela Davis, a leading voice in the movem...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2024
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 7
Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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
With a total solar eclipse just days away, weâre looking up at the sun for inspiration. Weâll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including â...
- Added: Mar 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
MarĂa de los Ăngeles VĂĄzquez and her son, Rafael Cancel VĂĄzquez, remember his father, Rafael Cancel Miranda, one of four Puerto Rican Nationalists ...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 03:16
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
Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, Iâll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like âApril In Paris,...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
In the early 1950s, singer June Christy broke away from Stan Kentonâs Orchestra to record solo, helping to establish the âvocal coolâ style of jazz...
- Added: Feb 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we pay tribute to singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. Weâll explore his expansive recording career, which encompassed folk, calypso...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Jazz standards like âSmoke Gets In Your Eyesâ and âA Sunday Kind of Loveâ are not just for singers like Frank Sinatra. This week, weâll 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
Author Sue Leaf talks about her new book "Impermanence"
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 08:20
