Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
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Trick or Treat
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,...
Harmonica
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.
Art Tatum's 100th Birtday
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.
Ladies Sing the Blues
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.
Johnny Burke
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.
Tis Autumn
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.
Empire State
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.
Classical Music Month
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...
More Stomps
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.
Country Music from the 1930s
Performers include: Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, Patsy Montana, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills and the Carter Family. Songs include: Great Speckled Bird, Old Love Letters, San Antonio Rose, Back in the Saddle Again and I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.