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Jazz Women of the 1980s*
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A decade that saw female artists making further inroads into the male-dominated world of jazz.

Bought by KLCC and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz Women of the 1990s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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As the 1990s brought the 20th century to a close, women musicians continued to increase their visibility in the jazz world and to erode the notion ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KLCC, and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Renaissance Women: The Music of Courtesans
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Before they were tragic characters in nineteenth-century opera, courtesans were the original Renaissance women: highly educated, socially refined, ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Rediscovering Hildegard
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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As we continue to learn about women composers of the past, twelfth-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen remains one of the most studied, ...

Bought by WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
AG 22-46: A Jazz Date With Chris Connor, 11/7/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we celebrate the smoky voice of jazz singer Chris Connor, who got her start with Claude Thornhill’s band in the 1940s, and went on to re...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
AG 22-43: Beverly Kenney: Born To Be Blue, 10/17/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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The name Beverly Kenney might be a footnote in jazz history, but this singer had an intelligent, alluring and melancholic style that’s among the be...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
S07 Ep02: Look to the Past, 9/10/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, works by women from the Baroque and Classical eras.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
AG 22-38: Live Ella!, 9/12/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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From the 1950s on, Ella Fitzgerald became known around the world as one of the most renowned live performers in jazz. This week, we’ll sample from ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 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
Musician's Spotlight - Nani Vazana - 819
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Nani Vazana visits with host John Floridis prior to her appearance at the 2022 Montana Folk Festival in Butte, Montana to talk about her most recen...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
004 Helen Wheels
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Borderland Jukebox
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The life and music of Helen Wheels. Her band performed at CBGB's in New York during the height of the punk movement in the 70s, before her untimely...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
NL 22-12: Jazz Women of the 1940s, 3/14/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Trumpeter Billie Rogers, vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and other unsung heroines of the World War II era in jazz.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
S06 Ep28: Women of Old, Part 2, 3/12/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, music written in the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque. These are the works that set the foundation for the music of today.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
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
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
S06 Ep13: In Olden Times, 11/27/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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It’s a trip through the centuries, as we hear music composed by women In Olden Days. From 16th century convents, to the court of a king, and Victo...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
Musician's Spotlight - Cyrille Aimee Part One - 776
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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From her home in New Orleans, Louisiana Grammy nominated vocalist Cyrille Aimée joins host John Floridis by phone for a conversation about her uniq...

Bought by Ohm Radio , RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
EP12 Tribute to Candye Kane
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:23
Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star. ...

Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, High Plains Public Radio, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 20-12: Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s, 3/16/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Women's History Month Special: The Great American Songbook's Feminist Anthems
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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The Great American Songbook is chockablock with antiquated notions of gender roles, but a few songs flip the script. On this special, we explore so...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Troy Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUNM and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
S04 Ep17: Turning Time, 12/28/2019
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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We are at that tipping point, that moment when one year turns to the next. As we head into the new decade, we'll take a musical trip through the c...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:29
The Ultimate Dunk
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Caption: Kana Harris (right) interviewed in the Texas Folklife archive room
Punk Musician & Creator of Community Record Store, Kana Harris merges all. This story was produced by Mary Hollyman, Tony Plata, and Cynthia Luna w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” play songs Vietnam soldiers listened and explore how that music became th...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WMPG, WCMU Michigan, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 11
WoodSongs 972: Si Kahn & Friends
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Folk legend Si Kahn on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes folk icon Si Kahn to celebrate his legacy with special appearances from T...

Bought by KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, WETS, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 22