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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Chords, chords, and more chords. That's what makes Rock music so flippin' awesome to listen to. We'll be taking a look at famous chords used on var...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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We've discussed rockumentaries before on Rock School, but this week, we'll be talking about rock star autobiographies. Every artist we'll be talkin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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This week's Rock School will be all about documentaries pertaining to rock bands. We'll be discussing and analyzing many different "Rockumentaries"...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We all know rock stars can't just be themselves ALL the time, so it's only natural they use a pseudonym. Let's listen to L'angelo Misterioso (Georg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
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
Caption: Everybody is watching...and listening!, Credit: C. Warren with Whitehouse.gov photos
For Presidents' Day Weekend and Washington's Birthday. A chronological trip through 13 U.S. Presidencies from FDR to Obama, plus Washington and Je...

Bought by KHEN-LP, Nevada Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC, WHRV and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Happy New Year 1920s
Some of the best music from the 1920s with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Beiderbecke, and many more to welcome in the New Year.

Bought by KRZA, KHEN-LP, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
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
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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"Snarky" in nature, this week's show exposes the posers who pretend to listen to certain artists, but in the comfort of their own car might listen ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "I'm crazy over Christmas!", Credit: Charlie Warren
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...

Bought by KUCB, KAWC, WNMU-FM, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 4
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Hi there and welcome to episode fifty-five! We love music so we are very excited to have had a chance to speak with Curtis McCrary, Executive Direc...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
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School is back in session, and we're not just talking about Rock School.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Grunge, a genre so very much loved by 80's kids, hated by 80's parents, boring to today's kids, loved by today's parent's. It's music that hallmark...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings!

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:54:59
Caption: Commodore Record Shop, 1947, Credit: William P. Gottlieb
A four hour musical documentary about Commodore Records, America’s first independent jazz record label. Commodore’s creator was Milt Gabler, who wa...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:56:00
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Throwed Together, Rodney Cordner/Jean-Pierre Rudolph, Quagmyre, Sharon...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
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Some new and classic Mardi Gras tunes in the rock genre.

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adrain Rollini
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
Caption: Edythe Turnham & her Band
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
Caption: Musician and Memorist Kristin Hersh, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire! Radio
Writer/comedian Paul Provenza, poet/performer Derrick Brown and musican and memoirist Kristin Hersh

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Humorist David Rakoff, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author, Commentator, Humorist David Rakoff, Author Jonathan Lethem plus musical guest 21 year old sensation Sara Jackson-Holman

  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:55
Caption: Hillstomp, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Tom Bissell, Author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter; Jeff Harvey, guitar-weilding CEO of the most sustainable "fast food" on the West Coast,...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 13, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Comedians Maria Bamford and Tig Notaro, plus actor/comedian from TV's THE COMMUNITY Danny Pudi. Musical guest folk singer Michelle Shocked.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:20