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AG 24-16: Blossom Dearie On Verve, 4/15/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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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
AG 24-15: Sassy Swings Again: Sarah Vaughan in the 1960s, 4/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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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
On the Continent
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hot Club of France
Between 1917 and the early ’30s there is a transformative era for jazz in Europe. While the music gets a foothold in America, it quickly spreads ac...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Atomic Hour Episode 101- Bobby and Marcie and Susie and Tracy...
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Atomic Hour
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Featuring- The Cozy Covers Comparison Corner, Rock and Roll Revivalists, Goin' Up The Country, and Much More!

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #351 - "SUMMERTIME 2"
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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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...

Bought by KMXT and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #350 - Summer Songs
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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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...

Bought by KMXT and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Off the Turnip Truck (#1532)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell sugg...

Bought by Raven Radio, WPCA-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Music Archive Showcase #163 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Bob Costas' Music Interviews on NBC's LATER (Part 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Paul McCartney with Bob Costas, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NB...

Bought by WUTC, WHRV, KUHF, KSRQ, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 24-13: Sassy First Soars: Sarah Vaughan in the 1940s, 3/25/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A centennial tribute to singer Sarah Vaughan focuses on her early recordings with Billy Eckstine’s big band and as a rising solo star with Charlie ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode, Audacious takes the show to Third Place by Half Full Brewery in Stamford! Hear stories about special doilies, passports, and even ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blame Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: James P. Johnson
Jazz had to deal with a number of hurdles, in the 1920s, before it was eventually accepted by the American public. Even then, it was very limited a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
OHR125: OHR Presents: The Bluegrastronauts, 4/1/2024
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: The Bluegrastronauts
Blast off with the Matchsellers’ “Bluegrastronauts,” the world’s first outer-space bluegrass odyssey, recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Gilded Age (#1633)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In her sumptuous new memoir, Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair describes her escape from a difficult childhood ruled by her tyrannical father. For Si...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
ONE LIFE -- James Hawes Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: James Hawes, 3/13/24
James Hawes talks decency, resonance, and making a film that matters.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 08:50
Boosting Morale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
In the decade of the1920s, jazz evolves into the heartbeat of America. The music is the catapult into a new era around the world. Looking back, it ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
OHR200: OHR Presents: Dale Ann Bradley, 3/25/2024
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Dale Ann Bradley
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame member and six time International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, Dale Ann Bradley, recorded l...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Reel Discovery: One Life
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a group of normal people as they accomplish the extraordinary in One Life.

Bought by WUTC and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Atomic Hour Episode 100- What The-?! (Special Episode)
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Atomic Hour
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The One Hundredth Atomic Hour! Featuring Musical Meme-smiths, Rock 'N Roll Robots, and More!

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
AG 24-14: When The Sun Comes Out, 4/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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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
Music Archive Showcase #162 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author Peter Neff on the Late Singer/Songwriter Fred Neil
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with music author Peter Neff, whose 2019 biography of under-appreciated singer/songwriter Fred Neil, tells th...

Bought by WUTC, KUHF, KSJE, and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows three different women as they find safety in books in The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan.

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Loaded for Bear (#1531)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One way to make your new business look trendy is to use two nouns separated by an ampersand, like Peach & Creature . . . or Rainstorm & Egg. A tong...

Bought by KTXK, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Trailblazing Women
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
The 1920s was a important time in the earliest years of jazz, as musicians began migrating to points north of New Orleans. Any time there’s a discu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joyann Parker: The Music of Patsy Cline | Episode 24-10
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: 2024 Episodes | Tent Show Radio
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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...

Bought by KMSU, WNMU-FM, WRFA-LP, WDSE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
OHR163: OHR Presents: Mary Parker & Sylamore Special, 3/18/2024
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Sylamore Special
Ozark original and Mountain View, Arkansas based seventeen year old award winning fiddle prodigy Mary Parker and her band of rising bluegrass super...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:59

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