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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: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The “conditional love song” became a staple of musical theater in its golden age, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll listen to jazz interpretations ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Before Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, there was Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. This week, we’ll explore the songs of these early songwriters, inc...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...
- Added: Jun 24, 2024
- Length: 59:00
A superb collection of hit songs, album tracks and Americana themed songs from stage and movie musicals. Celebrated artists include Neil Diamond, R...
Bought by WITF and Prairie Public
- Added: May 17, 2024
- Length: 57:09
- Purchases: 2
We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
An Afterglow tradition returns this week, as I bring you some tradition songs of the season, and play some summertime favorites sung by Frank Sinat...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Melody on top with a side of shuffle and a shot of swing. Tenor sax man Jerry Weldon is simmering with organ combo, Ben Webster spells beauty with ...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 02:00:01
- Purchases: 10
A 56:30 special featuring timeless classics from Duke Ellington and his Popular Orchestra with musical guests Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerlad, Fra...
- Added: May 08, 2024
- Length: 56:41
Our discipline of eternal metaphysics, jazz is the lens thru which we view the world. Techno Cats are a 2023 grouping of above-average players with...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, WVBI-LP, KHNS and more
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 02:00:02
- Purchases: 10
Our 1920s retrospective continues this week on Afterglow, as we dive into the year 1922, exploring songs that resonated with audiences and singers ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we’re continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “...
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.
- Added: Mar 28, 2024
- Length: 59:00
A celebration of the music and life of the late Steve Lawrence
- Added: Mar 24, 2024
- Length: 56:24
With a total solar eclipse just days away, we’re looking up at the sun for inspiration. We’ll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including “...
- Added: Mar 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week, we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the Divine One, Miss Sarah Vaughan, looking at some of her best recordings for Mercury Records, ...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, I’ll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like “April In Paris,...
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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
