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The Art of the Solo
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz icon Miles Davis
Jazz isn't the only form of music that has great solos, but it wouldn't be what it is without 'em. This week we take a look at the art and craft of...

Bought by WRGY, KMUN, WNCU, KSFR, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Blues Unlimited #181 - R. Crumb's "Heroes of the Blues" (Part 1)
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: One of the "Heroes of the Blues" featured on this episode. Illustration by R. Crumb.
In 1980, the good folks at Yazoo Records issued a box set of 36 trading cards called "The Heroes of the Blues," with drawings by legendary illustra...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #08: Gold Mines & Gum Boots
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:53
  • Purchases: 1
Wild About Harry
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: "42nd Street" by Warren
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
SITPE # 1251
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Stuck With the Hermit at Yuletide.

Bought by KKRN, KPVL, KSRQ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Bells of the National Cathedral
From: Prime Time Radio
Caption: The historic Washington National Cathedral
Experience the resilient spirit and hope of the holiday season in this hour-long special featuring the beautiful bells of the historic Washington N...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:01:59
The Art of Political Song:  Part One with David Rovics
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Art of Political Song is the topic of Radio Curious with singer – songwriter, David Rovics who discusses how he creates his songs, some of whic...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Blues Unlimited #180 - Smash Hits of the Late 1940s
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: King of the charts during the 1940s, Louis Jordan
Join us as we count our way down through the biggest #1 R&B hits of the late 1940s. It was a period dominated by Blues shouters, wailing saxes, and...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
SITPE # 1250
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Backup show #2.

Bought by KSRQ, KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blues Unlimited #179 - Recycling The Blues Again: More Origins of Classic Blues Songs
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us as we take a look at yet another handful of iconic, world famous blues songs, and trace their roots back through time to their original ver...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Like Bix
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bix Beiderbecke
During Bix Beiderbecke’s years of recording, there were literally hundreds of sound-alike trumpeters and cornet players. They all wanted to sound l...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
SITPE # 1249
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Backup show # 1.

Bought by KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, KHNS, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Jazz's Lost and Found
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: A disc from the Savory Collection, Credit: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
This week on the show, it's an hour of long lost finds from jazz's lost and found bin—from a recently discovered cache of forgotten 1930s radio br...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Blues Unlimited #178 - Lower Chattahoochee Valley Blues
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Jimmy Lee Harris. Photo by George Mitchell.
Join us as we explore the legendary field recordings of George Mitchell from the Lower Chattahoochee River Valley of southwestern Georgia and south...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Louis Armstrong
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Oscar Pettiford: Bass Beyond Bop
From: NPR Music
Series: Jazz Profiles
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The virtuoso bassist, who doubled on cello, was one of the most sought-after musicians of his time.

Bought by KTSU, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KTSU and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 19
SITPE # 1248
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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The posted three days earlier than usual show.

Bought by KSRQ, KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blues Unlimited #177 - Deep Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Son House
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Son House at the July 1965 Newport Folk Festival, Credit: John Rudoff, M.D.
Join us for a tribute to the life and extraordinary music of Son House. His recordings from 1930 and the early 1940s not only helped define the ver...

Bought by WNCU and WSLR


  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz and the Visual Arts
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: "Out Chorus" by jazz painter Romare Bearden, 1979-1980.
You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC, KZYX, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
SITPE # 1247
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Why can't we get a long? (hey, you think it's easy coming up with a new title every week?)

Bought by KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Centerstage Minnesota: Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug of Atmosphere and Rhymesayers Entertainment talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Centerstage MN
Caption: Atmosphere
Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug from Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere and record label Rhymesayers Entertainment talks with Charlie Pulkrabek about the...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #176 - Blues and R&B Christmas Classics
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Blues piano legend Leroy Carr, ready for the holidays
Join us as we dust off some of our favorite Holiday-themed Blues and R&B Christmas classics. From Lightnin' Hopkins, Freddie King, and Sonny Boy Wi...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
SITPE # 1246
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Back to what passes for normal on this show.

Bought by KSRQ, KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Thelonious Monk
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz icon Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was one of the most original voices to emerge from the world of mid-century jazz. But it took decades for the world to realize it.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KMUN, KZYX, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11