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The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
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
One of my very first pieces: A chronicle of my adventures doing sound for an Elvis Tribute Artist and a large gospel Church in Madison WI.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 1
Some of the best music from the 1920s with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Beiderbecke, and many more to welcome in the New Year.
- Added: Dec 26, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 3
A classic year-end show that highlights the celebration of the holiday rather than the passing of any specific year. It's all about the going out, ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 28:41
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Let's douse the political winds and hurricanes; it's time to lighten up! Hear rare holiday ditties, wacky Christmas music classics, and quirky qui...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 54:55
- Purchases: 4
A free-form blend of some of Fall's best new music with tour information provided by Bob Dylan, Ricky & Lucy Ricardo, Ethel Mertz, Jim & Bud Anders...
- Added: Sep 19, 2012
- Length: 01:00:48
The third edition of the Great Northern Radio Show has us at the John Chalberg Theater in Brainerd. Titled "Maybe About Trains," this radio variety...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 01:59:22
- Purchases: 2
Buck Dietz is a figure model. That means he has to stand naked and completely still for long sessions while artists sketch him. But for Buck, it's ...
Bought by KUT, WCAI / WNAN, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 28, 2012
- Length: 04:45
- Purchases: 4
An hour of the lighter side of early jazz--presented by Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev.)--from his personal 78rpm record collection.
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 59:58
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inv...
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 59:00
"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...
- Added: Mar 24, 2012
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 55:45
Actor / writer / composer David Ingber has created musicals about Zombies, and Fantasy Football, an ESPN web series, and several screenplays. He ch...
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 58:04
The early history of jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.
- Added: Jan 11, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 59:00
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 58:53
An internationally acclaimed jazz bar in New Orleans where the entertainment on the musical stage was often rivaled by the entertainment behind the...
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 12:53
Musicians often have trademarks. Elvis had a snarl, Michael Jackson had a glove, and Bret Michaels has bandanas. For Dan Knudsen, it’s a fanny pack...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUT, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 10, 2011
- Length: 07:07
- Purchases: 4
A child's Christmas thoughts spring into song.
Bought by KZYX, WTIP, KSUT, WNPR, WCAI / WNAN and more
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 7
A two hour, weekly theme based, music and discussion show. Every week, hosts Dirk Flytrap and The Doctor pick a theme or topic and explore it throu...
- Added: Dec 04, 2010
- Length: 01:59:59
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 09:49
- Purchases: 1
