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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
Caption: Judy Garland in 1946
On this special, we celebrate singer and film star Judy Garland on what would have been her 100th birthday (June 10, 2022). We’ll chronicle her mus...

  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on Afterglow, our spotlight is on Miss Peggy Lee, with a closer look at the 1960s, a time when her music and persona became more sleek, r...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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It’s been 30 years since Natalie Cole swept the Grammy Awards with the album Unforgettable… With Love. This week on Afterglow, we pay tribute to Co...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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We recently took a trip that was "Out of This World," and coming up on the next Simply Timeless, we gaze toward heaven. Join host Jay Daniels for h...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
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In honor of Earth Day, we wanted to bring you a few songs are simply "Out of This World." Join host Jay Daniels for music from Veronica Swift, Dave...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
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It's never easy to lose something, and this week our theme centers around a song first recorded by Nat Cole. Join host Jay Daniels as we bring you ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
Caption: LaChandra, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - LaChandra is a recording artist and owner of the beauty salon Posh by LaChandra, located in New York City. In the late 1980s, LaChandra re...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:16
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Composer Joan Tower (1970), Credit: Noah Sheldon
There is an amazing year, 1938, when several world class composers were born: Joan Tower, William Bolcom, John Corigliano, Charles Wuorinen, and Jo...

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Two Blue Note sessions set the tone, Stanley Turrentine and Hank Mobley for our post-bop voicings. Two brand-new releases follow from trumpeter/voc...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Judy Garland, the 20th century show-biz icon from Minnesota is one of Maud Hixson’s great inspirations as a singer. Maud has rounded up a group of ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:01
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Matt Nathanson talks about his new record, Show Me Your Fangs, being part of Operation Smile and writing for a new feminist anthology, as well as b...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Sometimes a love is written as just a honky tonk song.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
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A poor rejected man looks out his lowly cabin window at the big mansion on the hill where he knows she is not happy.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter/creativ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:06
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On December 17, 2012 the British born actress and director ANN FOSKETT became the 36th castaway on "Desert Island Discs". Ann's recent directing c...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:02
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On September 3rd our castaway was Ruby Simkoff, who since 1990 has been one of the most recognized voices on WMPG Radio in Portland, Maine. Ruby ho...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:22:44
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This week on The Score – Ladies First – honoring the ascendency of women movie composers.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, and WEKU


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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2006 Interview with 1950's pop singer Keely Smith

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 22:59
  • Purchases: 2