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

Glenn Miller hits performed by rival bands. Musicians include: Count Basie, The Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman and John Kirby.

Songs include: Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction and I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo.

Direct download: Miller_Covers.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:36 PM
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Music for Halloween, plus a tribute to Edgar Allen Poe.  Songs include: The House Is Haunted, Mr Ghost Goes to Town, Danse Macabre, The Ghost of Smokey Joe and Them's Graveyard words. 

Performers include: Cab Calloway, Gracie Fields, Lonnie Johnson, Tommy Dorsey and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Direct download: Trick_or_Treat.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:51 AM
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Early 20th Century harmonica greats, including: Sonny Terry, Larry Adler, Sonny Boy Williamson #1, DeFord Bailey and Gwen Foster.

Songs include: Sloppy Drunk Blues, I Love My Baby, No More Good Water and I Got Rhythm.

Direct download: Harmonica.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:25 AM
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A special, short podcast celebrating the 100th anniversary of jazz pianist, Art Tatum's birth.  Songs include: Tiger Rag, Wee Baby Blues and It Had to Be You.
Direct download: Art_Tatum_100th_Birthday.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:32 PM
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Classic female blues singers from the 1920s & 1930s, including, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey and Ethyl Waters.

Songs include: Coffee Grindin Blues, Empty Bed Blues, Moaning the Blues and Crazy Blues.

Direct download: Ladies_Sing_the_Blues.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:43 AM
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The songs of lyricist, Johnny Burke.  Songs include: Swinging on a Star, I've Got a Pocketfull of Dreams. What's New and Pennies From Heaven.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, Billy Eckstein and Guy Lombardo.

Direct download: Johnny_Burke.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:59 AM
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Songs for the Fall season, including: Shine on Harvtest Moon, School Days, Autumn Serenade, September Song and October Twilight.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, Andy Kirk, The Edison Concert Band and Louis Jordan.

Direct download: Tis_Autumn.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:13 AM
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Musicians from New York state, including: Jimmy Durante, Cab Calloway, Fanny Brice, Willie the Lion Smith and Annette Handshaw.

Songs include: I Can Do Without Broadway, Whose Honey Are You?, Walking My Baby and Riverboat Shuffle.

Direct download: Empire_State.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:01 PM
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Celebrating classical music month and the bicentennial of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn.  Works include: Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Spinning Song, Wedding March and the 1st movement of the Italian Symphony. Other works include: Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March # 1 and the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony #4.

Performers include: Rachamanioff, Elgar, Mengelberg, Furtwangler and Rodinski.

 

Direct download: Classical_Music_Month.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:02 PM
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Songs include: Special Delivery Stomp, Cotton Club Stomp, Frog Tongue Stomp and Osage Stomp.

Performers include: Lovie Austin, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Bob Wills Jimmy Yancy and Thomas Waller.

Direct download: More_Stomps.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:09 PM
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