Music From 100 Years Ago
Music from the early days of the 20th Century with comments.

More songs about New York, including: Broadway Rose, Let Me Off Uptown, Brooklyn Bridge, Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Manhattan Minuet.  Performers include: Raymond Scott, Ted Lewis, Dolly Dawn, Billy Muray and Lenny Hayton.

Direct download: The_Big_Apple_part_2.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 2:58 AM

The music of opera composer, Richard Wagner on the 200th anniversary of his birth.  Works include: The Flying Dutchman Overture, The Magic Fire Music, The Bridal Chorus and The Ride of the Valkeries.  Peformers include: Thomas Beecham, Arturo Toscanini, Karl Bohm, Tiana Lemniz and Arthur Rodniski.

Direct download: Wagner_Bicentinal.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:31 PM

Songs include: Honeymoon Hotel, Putin' On the Ritz, There's a Small Hotel, Rose Room and Lounging at the Waldorf.  Performers include: Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, The Nite Owls and Thomas "Fats" Waller.

Direct download: Hotel_Songs.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:32 AM

Songs include: Waiting For a Train,  Fast Mail Rambler, Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train, Take the A Train, Texas and Pacific and It Takes a Long, Long Train.  performers include: Louis Armstrong, The Rev. J.M. Gates, Dinah Shore, Lighting Hopkins, Johnny Mercer , Jimmie Rogers and Duke Ellington.

Direct download: Train_Songs_Part_2.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 5:13 PM

Songs include: Get On Board, Train Whistle Blues, Waiting For the Train to Come In, My Savior's Train, Rock Island Line and Cannonball Express.  Performers include: Roy Acuff, Lionel Hampton, The Andrews Sisters, Ella May Morse, The Monroe Brothers , Leadbelly and Sonny Terry.

Direct download: Train_Songs_Part_1.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 11:04 PM

A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Sammy Cahn, Helen Humes, Frankie Laine, Cowboy Copas, Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker and Carmen Cavellero.  Songs include: Time After Time The Flower Song, Georgia On My Mind and September Song.

Direct download: Centenials_2013_Part_3.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 5:30 PM

Music produced by military bands and recorded by the V-Disc program in the 1940s.  Songs include: Stairway to the Stars, Swingtime in the Rockies, Go Down Moses, Little Liza and Hungarian Dance #5

Direct download: V-Disc_Military_Bands.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:28 AM

Songs celebrating New York City, Including: The Sidewalks of New York, Harlem Holliday, 42nd Street, Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn and Coney Island Washboard.  Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Hal Kemp, Guy Lombardo and Jelly Roll Morton.

Direct download: The_Big_Apple_Part_1.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 4:27 PM

A special podcast for J.S. Bach's 328th birthday featuring a 1946 recording of the Concerto for Two Violins by Jascha Heifetz.

Direct download: Bachs_Birthday.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 12:35 AM

The life and music of songwriter Irving Caesar.  Songs include: Tea For Two, Animal Crackers In My Soup, I Want To Be Happy, Swanee, Is It True What They Say About Dixie and Sometimes I'm Happy.  Performers include: Al Jolson, Mildred Bailey, Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Wingy Manone, Mildred Bailey and Jimmy Durrante.

Direct download: Irving_Caesar.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 5:27 PM