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Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Eddie Jones grew up in Hollandale, MS, pickin' cotton and dreaming of a better life when ambition and musical talent plucked him from his situation...

Bought by WHRV, KCSM, WOUB, WUTC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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On this week’s special edition of Tonic: The Funky Groove Show, we’re celebrating Mardi Gras with a trip down Bourbon Street, for a musical celebra...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:30
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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 19:45
Caption: Teddy "Mr. Bear" McRae
Bands and songs featuring the character of a "night owl." Usually a male who stays out all night every night. She's waiting on him at the front ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 04:09:21
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The Mysterious Montells
It was a music that was shared around the globe. It was based on a univeral feeling. What is the heart and soul of music? Of humanity?

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG and more


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Floyd Dakil
Surely Little Richard was a rock and roll founder but who and what influenced him? We track the origin of Little Richard's song "Keep a Knockin" b...

Bought by WVTF, Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The Turbans
The joy of music isn't finding the first, It's the search through all the "possibly the firsts." Who could have even imagined there are so many co...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KPRG and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Lilli Lewis on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots-infused Native Americana artist Cary Morin plus powerful award-winn...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KSRQ, WVTF and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
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It's a show unlike any other rock and roll history show because we capture the feel of the music instead of making it a museum piece. Rock and rol...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, KFCF FM, KPRG and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Larry Donn
A show for everyone who's ever said, "Why haven't I heard this musician before?" Music and musicians you've never heard of but who invented rock ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 04:39:30
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The first rock and roll song pre-dated Elvis and everyone else credited by commercial interests as "discovering rock and roll." The first rock and...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Unfortunately, Huey Smith is another "hard luck" story of R&B and early Rock n' Roll. He was a talented boogie woogie pianist and as a session play...

Bought by KMUW, KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "Hop...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: The Gales
Unfortunately, there were at least 85 second rock and roll songs (and counting). Tonight's twist, most of tonight's bands begin their names with e...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Sparkle Moore
It's bands and musicians who's names start with "Roy" as in Royaltones, Roy Hall, Royal Teens, etc. with just a touch of Sparkle Moore.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Sinders
It's the researcher dream thesis so there have been uncounted attempts but no one has credibly defined the first rock and roll song. The difficul...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Little Ralph Molina and the Personalties
You've heard the mythical beginnings of rock and roll a thousand times. The White musicians who experiences Black music and then creates rock and ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The Soul Rebels
It's Carnival time! We'll take you to the Crescent City with hot brass from the Soul Rebels, Rebirth Brass Band, the Sixth Ward All-Stars, and Los ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMXT, Prairie Public, WOMR and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Superbs
It's easier to count beans than count the huge number of songs about beans. Even more difficult, the number of songs that could have been the firs...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Leyla McCalla
New York born Haitian-American classical & folk music sensation and former Carolina Chocolate Drops member Leyla McCalla recorded live at the Ozark...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:59

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" looks at the great Smiley Lewis, another influential force out of New Orleans that time has chosen to forget. He ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8