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Artie Shaw
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The swing era's reluctant hero: Artie Shaw
In the 1930s, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw reigned as one of the great kings of the swing era. But just 20 years later, he mysteriously le...

Bought by KMUN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNCU, Spokane Public Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Mozart Comes to America
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: Mozart's own violin, in its case, Credit: Greg Shea
The violin and viola once owned by Mozart himself speak through the composer's music during the Boston Early Music Festival, thanks to the Salzburg...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
Remembering the Rising Tide
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Jennifer Abraham-Cramer helps us understand the great Mississippi flood of 1927, using stories from survivors preserved by oral historians.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #201 - Pre-War Gospel Classics
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Illustration by R. Crumb.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's time for our annual Gospel show! Special guest host Brother Hawkins takes over the reigns for two hours of...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: The First Minnesota Finns" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Culturology
Caption: Harvey Barberg of Cokato Stands By the One-room Cabin Where Ancestors Spent Their First Winter
For the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series on Minnesota Finns. This is our last segment and perhaps ironically -- o...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 2
Creaky Boards and Cobwebs
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Film critic David Edelstein takes us on a tour of haunted houses in the movies.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #200 - The Blues Unlimited "Best Of" 100th Episode Celebration
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Blues Unlimited celebrates its 100th episode in style, with a special "Best Of" retrospective, spotlighting a few of our favorite moments from the ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Incredible Rahsaan Roland Kirk
His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...

Bought by WNCU, KBGA 89.9 FM, Radio New Zealand, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
A day at Herring River
From: Ben Harden
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
Blues Unlimited #199 - Tribute to an Enigma: The Blues Guitar of Lee Cooper
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Recorded in 1954, but issued in 1959, this was probably the last single to feature the guitar work of Lee Cooper.
On this episode, we pay tribute to Blues guitar mystery man Lee Cooper. Bursting on the Chicago scene in 1953, his distinctive session work graced ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
Sex, Jazz and the Bawdy Blues
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
In this hour, it's the shared history of jazz and sex—from the blues' raunchy roots to the French lounge singer who made the Pope into his "greates...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WRGY, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Blues Unlimited #198 - Lowdown Windy City Harmonica Jam
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're enjoying some of our favorite, rare, and overlooked harmonica jams from the Windy City, courtesy of Littl...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
SITPE # 1321
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Traveling with old and new friends

Bought by KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KEOS, WOUB, WXXI and more


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Resurgence of Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Digital music is the furthest we’ve come from running needles through intricate grooves, but record orders keep coming in.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
Big Bands
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Think of a jazz big band and it's probably the brassy sound of a '30s swing orchestra that comes to mind first. But throughout their more than 80-y...

Bought by WNCU, KBGA 89.9 FM, Troy Public Radio, WRGY, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 19
Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet
From: Out in the Bay - Gay Radio from San Francisco
Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: Corpse Reviver
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We continue our coverage of Boats and Bluegrass 2012 with Corpse Reviver. This group is a collaborative of bluegrass performers paying tribute to t...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 36:45
You’ll Be Mine: Bringing Musical Tourism To West Memphis
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
The Lomax Archives
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Blues Unlimited #197 - Blues from Candid Records
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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We take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960 and 1961.....

  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
Frank Zappa
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Frank Zappa
His music was an amalgam of classical music, jazz, R&B, doowop, poetry and—sometimes—just plain noise. And Frank Zappa the man had even more to him...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, Radio New Zealand, Troy Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WYSO and more


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Blues Unlimited #196 - Down Home Post-War Favorites
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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No particular theme on this one, just a grab bag full of post-war rockers and down home favorites from Lightnin' Hopkins, Dr. Ross, K.C. Douglas, J...

  • Added: May 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
100 Years of Jazz's Avant Garde
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman
This week on the program, we dare to go where many jazz fans dare not tread as we explore 100 years of the jazz avant garde.

Bought by WNCU, KBGA 89.9 FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Blues Unlimited #195 - Soulful Stax Covers
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: The hit-making house band at Stax, Booker T. & the MGs (Left to Right: Booker T. Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, and Al Jackson, Jr.)
Join us as we enjoy some great cover versions of blues, pop, rock, folk, and R&B classics that were recorded down at the legendary Stax label in Me...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:59
Jazz Abroad
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Israeli saxophonist and clarinetist Anat Cohen , Credit: Osnat Rom
Jazz may be an American-grown art form, but there are few places on the globe where the music hasn't found some sort of a home. This week, we go in...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, Troy Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WRGY, KPVL and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16

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