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AG 22-33: Everybody's Jumpin' With Dave Brubeck, 8/8/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Dave Brubeck was one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, and this week we’re exploring his work with singers like Tony Benne...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-31: Sing, Sing, Sing: Benny Goodman And The Singers, 7/25/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we explore the King Of Swing, Mr. Benny Goodman, and the many singers who front his big band. We’ll hear Goodman with singe...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-30: Swingin' With Kay Starr, 7/18/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we take a look at some of the jazz and swing tunes from the 1950s Capitol Records diva Kay Starr, in honor of her 100th birthday.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-25: The Lennon/McCartney Songbook, 6/13/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we're celebrating Sir Paul McCartney's 80th birthday by exploring the jazz side of the fab four. We'll hear jazz versions o...

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-21: Jimmy McHugh, I Feel A Song Coming On, 5/16/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, our spotlight is on one of the most prolific songwriters in jazz, composer Jimmy McHugh—who wrote many early jazz standards...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-18: Come Dance With Me: Songs About Dancing, 4/25/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Put on your dancing shoes as we cut a rug with the American Songbook. This week, I’ll be featuring jazz standards meant for dancing, including “I C...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-14: Doris Day, Jazz Singer: A Centennial Celebration, 3/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Doris Day was a pop star and a film star, but this week on Afterglow, I’ll highlight the often overlooked aspect of her career: a jazz singer. We’l...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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
AG 22-11: Lucky To Be Me: The Songs Comden and Green, 3/7/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we explore the musical partnership of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, two songwriters who contributed gems like “Just In Time” and “The P...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-10: Shout, Sister, Shout: The Great American Songbook's Feminist Anthems, 2/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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The Great American Songbook is chockablock with antiquated notions of gender roles, but a few songs flip the script. This week, we explore songs of...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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
AG 22-08: Billie Holiday and The Big Bands, 2/14/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We usually think of Billie Holiday as a small-group singer, but she also worked with several big bands. This week on Afterglow, we’ll hear Holiday’...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The Two Williams: Spencer and Clarence (Black History Month Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special for Black History Month, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
220122 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock ...

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 5
WoodSongs 856: The Earls of Leicester
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Earls of Leicester on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the legacy of Flatt & Scuggs with the Grammy winning bluegras...

Bought by KENW, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, Radio Bristol, KEDT, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 35
AG 22-06: Brother Ray Sings Standards!, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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In the 1950s and 60s, Ray Charles left his indelible mark on songs in a variety of genres, including R&B, pop, jazz, and even country. This week on...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
AG 22-04: Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Van Heusen, 1/17/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
Caption: Jimmy Van Heusen with Frank Sinatra in the 1950s. Van Heusen and Sinatra met in the 1930s and collaborated over the next 40 years, Credit: NPR
This week on the show, we’ll feature the many songs of songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, as performed by his good friend Frank Sinatra, including “Come ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-01: Bing Crosby Duets, 12/27/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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As the elder statesman of jazz, Bing Crosby would often share the stage with many of the great singers of his day. This week on Afterglow, we’ll fe...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
The Merriest: A Swingin' Afterglow Christmas (Holiday Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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It’s the holiday season, and on this Afterglow special, we’re keeping things light and snappy this week as we dance along to some swinging holiday ...

Bought by WHRV, KCME, Maine Public Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Let's Begin: A New Year Special
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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Ring in the New Year with Afterglow, as we explore songs and standards about new beginnings, including “Let’s Begin,” “Begin The Beguine,” and “I’m...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WHRV, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
I Hear Music: Songs About Songwriting (Funder)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this fundraising episode of Afterglow, we get a little self-reflective, and explore songs from the Great American Songbook all about the art of ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and WDCB


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
High Waters
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
She began as a blues singer. Then turned to popular song with a jazz flavor. She was a movie star for her next recreation. And, finally, a gospel s...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Harlem Keeps Jazz Traditions Alive As Pandemic Restrictions Ease
From: Catharine Smith
Caption: Josh Morris, 15, onstage in Harlem.
While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
The Next Generation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Art Hodes Riverboat Club
Quite a number of jazz musicians who were too young to take part in traditional jazz of the 1920s, joined the Revivalist era of the 1940s. To them ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1