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220326 Answer Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Where we search for the first rock and roll song, is where autocracies die and "hits" are a distraction. All the music you've never heard by music...

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:07
  • Purchases: 5
Hawk or Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
"The man for whom Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone." That is how Coleman Hawkins was introduced at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. This program i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
220320 The Dating Game for Dogs and Oil Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Azzurri the Bachelorette
Hi, I'm Jim Lange and this is the Dating Game for dogs. In the post-WWII world, this music that was later called "Rock and Roll" was simply popula...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:45
  • Purchases: 6
220316 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Eddie Seacrest and the Rollin Rockets
There's a half dozen popular myths defining the first rock and roll record but every week we feature 85 songs you've never heard any and all of the...

Bought by KCHU, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 7
'The Stone Age' Program 267
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This one hour program explores some of the finest electric music in its variety, excellence, and audacity. There are Live and Studio versions of gr...

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPSQ-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KEOS


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
'The Stone Age' Program 266
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This program highlights some of the finest electric music of the '60's and '70's with Live and Studio performances. Designed for all audiences to e...

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Muggsy, Wingy & Red
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier
With those names around Chicago in the 1920s, you'd think you were goinmg to hear from members of the mob. This program, features three of the best...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 215
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This program is a presentation of the variety, quality, and originality of the roots music of North America including bluegrass, folk, stingband, a...

Bought by KEOS, KZYX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KEOS, and Angelica Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
'The Hayride' Program 214
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This one hour program presents Bluegrass, Alternative Country, Folk, and other styles of North American roots music.

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 213
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This show is one hour in length and explores modern and traditional roots music such as bluegrass, folk, alternative country, and other associated ...

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 212
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This one hour program explores the roots music of North America, and includes bluegrass, folk, string band, and classic country selections.

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 211
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This one hour program highlights some of the finest Live and Studio recordings of bluegrass, stringband, folk, and alternative country for all audi...

Bought by KEOS


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Hayride Program 210
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This program presents to your audience all sorts of styles of roots music including bluegrass, folk, alternative country, and classic country.

Bought by KEOS and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Hayride Program 209
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This one hour program presents to your audience some of the finest in roots music that includes alternative country, bluegrass, folk, with classic ...

Bought by KEOS and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Hayride Program 208
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride with Dan Wargo'
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This one hour program explores some of the very best in roots music, and included bluegrass, alternative country, folk, and string band music.

Bought by KHNS, KEOS, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
220305 First Rock and Roll Song - Sandy Nelson and Glen Campbell As You've Never Heard Them
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Los Crazy Boys
The great rock drummer Sandy Nelson sound like a very traditional swing drummer and Glen Campbell sounds like a primitive surf band as our perspect...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:07
  • Purchases: 6
The Head Arrangement
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
The Head Arrangement. Music that isn’t formally arranged is often referred to as a head arrangement. Usually the leader of the group informally ass...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220226 FM Radio Challenges AM Radio's Orthodoxy
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Norman Thrasher of the Royal Serenaders Cuts Loose
We feature the very first rock and roll songs but only those you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because by removing the overwhel...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:06
  • Purchases: 5
The Bandleader
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Henry 'Red' Allen, Credit: Spotify
In the earliest days of full orchestra jazz, there was no cookie cutter template Each bandleader used their creative juices to set apart their band...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
220219 Beatles and Bonaparte's Retreat, Bands Named "The Monarchs," and James Pagliasotti's book; What It Was; Growing Up When The Music Mattered.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Monarchs
We feature the first rock and roll songs that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because public radio can ignore the overwhelmin...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 5
EP190 Lightnin' Hopkins 1959
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
Messin' Around
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP189 Tinsley Ellis "Devil May Care"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Tinsley Ellis 20th album "Devil May Care"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
220212 Lou Reed, Jim Messina, Leon Russell, Answer Songs - All Music You've Never Heard
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Lou Reed before he was "Lou Reed"
Every week, another 85 songs you've never heard as we search for the heart and soul that later was declared "rock and roll." Fact is, there was no...

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6

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