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Songs that seem like audio derivations of others. From Ellington and Chick Webb to the LIght Crust Dough Boys. From Ernie Vincent's Dap sound to ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 03:33:09
Starting with Richard Berry Sound-Alikes and some of the lesser known Larry Williams songs with a stop for one of the more unusual Louisiana tra...
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 02:54:41
A Mardi Gras edition with songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Also, songs about shoes other than "Blue Suede Shoes," a bl...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 03:26:20
Contemporary Mardi Gras music and what it means to me.
- Added: Feb 05, 2018
- Length: 03:21:51
There is a tremendous amount of current culture that we now call "Americana" that came from the 1950s to 70s era. Something fundamental to definin...
- Added: Jan 14, 2018
- Length: 03:57:17
I need to update my brainware, I broke the station four times during the show. Ehhh. I think it worked out anyway.
- Added: Dec 11, 2017
- Length: 02:55:29
A broader range of music to explore the idea that music can be the abstract unspoken common bond in societies when the spoken bonds are fractured b...
- Added: Nov 05, 2017
- Length: 05:24:29
It's not much of a show.
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 01:31:41
A couple songs about rocket ships from two women's groups and variations on the standard, Maybelline. Plus a handful of songs by Billy Lee Riley a...
- Added: Oct 31, 2017
- Length: 03:02:11
Heartfelt feelings about radio surrounded by instrumental songs (on top of lyrics). A nice little set of that other regional music of the Pacific ...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 03:49:30
A bunch of mini sets of music including girl groups (without that irritating Phil Spector sound) and girl groups from Detroit (without that pretent...
- Added: Oct 16, 2017
- Length: 02:51:01
Why instrumental songs with any American Indian tribe other than "Cherokee" seem more authentic than songs with "Cherokee" in the song title. Plus...
- Added: Oct 09, 2017
- Length: 02:50:25
I think this show worked as a deep dive into late Saturday night radio. Starting the night with the novelties of me juggling chopsticks and shoes ...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:50:33
Esoteric and topical enough?
- Added: Sep 04, 2017
- Length: 04:25:07
The burst of musical creativity from the 1950s to 70s and how the British band successfully marketed Americana to Americans.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 02:48:30
An economic history of New Orleans doesn't involve military statues or big men to build a mythological story and capture the romantic's view of her...
- Added: Aug 28, 2017
- Length: 03:45:50
Broadening the Saturday night sound but keeping the connections to the theme of foundational music. Tonight including Sun Ra's doo wop phase, musi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2017
- Length: 03:45:58
Trying to find the roots of "Roots Music" by avoiding the overwhelming commercial aspects of music. It's an interesting exploration. Come along f...
- Added: Aug 07, 2017
- Length: 04:47:38
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. The roots of rock and roll from before "rock and roll" decayed into another commercia...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 03:50:15
Louisiana musicians and songs you've never heard plus songs about monkeys! What else could anyone want? How about sound-a-like songs and a radio...
- Added: Jul 10, 2017
- Length: 03:41:39
I guess that show title doesn't justify more support text.
- Added: Jul 09, 2017
- Length: 02:49:28
Toronto’s Bill King starts off with Hammond B3 music, then into the semi-abstract Summertime with Sonny Greenwich’s guitar. Minneapolis’ Connie Evi...
Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR
- Added: Jun 21, 2017
- Length: 02:00:00
- Purchases: 5
Music from around the world that is indistinguishable from Americana roots music. Oh yeah, songs about dogs and monkeys in rockets, Indo Rock and...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 03:27:20
Some Louisiana music and plenty of the usual dreck.
- Added: Jun 04, 2017
- Length: 02:49:46