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Ten More From David: A David Bowie Appreciation (Part 2) - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase #53
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...

Bought by KSJE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 6
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
170819 Economic History of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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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
Baptism of Solitude: Paul Bowles's Morocco Tapes
From: The Organist
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Driving around Morocco in the late 1950s with counterculture icon Paul Bowles at the wheel, with a case of hot Pepsi, a brick of hash, and a massiv...

Bought by KMUN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
April Birthdays
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A whirlwind tour of *some* of the notable birthdays in bluegrass, jazz and that shapeshifting spatially indistinct genre-blender between of jamgras...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 01:52:50
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1523 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/07/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Enchantment at Chimayo
From: Paul Ingles
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On Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims walk from across New Mexico to the little church El Santuario de Chimayo. Hear the story of this legendary s...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:34:59
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1492 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/03/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Meat & potatoes Les McCann & Houston Person begin our journey up and down hills & valleys, then along the Long Yellow Road with Toshiko & Tabackin....

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KPVL, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 6
Black Music Month Radio Special (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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We are breaking down the barriers and showcasing truly powerful songs from some of the best African-American songwriters of all time. In our 2nd ho...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and WJSU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1474 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/30/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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An unusual request for vinyl from management, we can do that. The most famous jazzman on record, Duke Ellington, begins a tour of blues, acid and s...

Bought by WVBI-LP, KPVL, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 3
Oliver Naylor’s Seven Aces
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Oliver Naylor's Seven Aces
Pianist and bandleader Oliver Naylor formed his own band in 1923, and a year later entered the Gennett Studios to record his first session.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fireworks (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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In this episode, we explore songs about fireworks.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
Tribute to the Studio Owner Who Changed Music History
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: Cosimo Matassa at the mixing desk
A Tribute to the late Cosimo Matassa who's J&M Studio and engineering skills recorded history and defined the way rock and roll would sound.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
Finding Their Way
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we’re talking to people trying to find their place. Whether it be an independent artist in saturated music industry, a person struggling...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Ethnomusicology
From: Pod Academy
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The term ‘ethnomusicology’ was coined in 1959 by Dutch academic, Jaap Kunst. Put simply, it is the social and cultural study of music. Jo Barratt ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 21:33
The Southwest
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Champion Records label
Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX


  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Club: Reinhardt & Grappelli
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reinhardt & Grappelli
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Gennett
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Gennett Records label
The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Joe Robichaux & his New Orleans Boys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Robichaux
On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Bing's Business
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bing Crosby
Today’s image of Bing Crosby is that is was a Crooner, possibly one of the finest in American popular music, however, he was much more than that. P...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Puttin' On the Ritz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Irving Berlin
Composer and lyricist Jerome Kern summed up the life and work of Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) when he said, “Irving Berlin has no place in America...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue 4-21-13: "We're Re-Cracking the Code!"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, pull a show from the archives in which we focus on codes and the keys to cracking them. We start with producers Noel Cl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 31:34
  • Purchases: 1
Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1