Halloween 2024

Jazz records from the 1930s and 40s that are longer than usual for the time. Music includes: Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, Concerto For Clairnet by Artie Shaw and Do You Know What It means to Miss New Orleans? by Louis Armstrong. 

Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Greco, Stan Freberg, Chuck Berry, And Ray Brown. 

Songs include Valencia by Paul Whiteman, Black Bottom Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton, White House Blues by Charlie Poole, Hebbie Jebbies by Louis Armstrong, Lost Your Head Blues by Bessie Smith and I'm Sitting On Top Of the World by Al Jolson. 

It’s the spookiest time of the year; Halloween is right around the corner. But unlike the winter holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah, Halloween seems to lack a defining canon of scary music. There’s, of course, “Monster Mash,” and “Ghostbusters,” but those songs aren’t actually ... Show More

<p>After more than two years, a Strong Songs jazz mystery is finally solved.</p><p>Thanks to listener (and outro soloist) Jeff Bean, who finally cracked the case of the mysterious lick played by Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, and may others. I can finally sleep at night.</p><p><stro ... Show More

Marking the 70th Wexford Festival Opera: stories, music and song from Wexford, with Margaret Galvin, Joe Brennan, Tom Mooney, Jackie Morrissey, AM Cousins and Sinéad O’Reilly 

Small Frights: Terror in the Music Room On this episode, a Lantern calls in to tell us about a disturbing tradition his music teacher embraced every Halloween. We also take a call filled with trick-or-treat memories and read a ghost story from the UK! Mentioned in the episode:Jea ... Show More

<p class="p2">Dance Anthems is your weekend passport to the pulse of clubland, where every track is a mood and every mix tells a story. Sonny Fodera, D.O.D. &amp; Poppy Baskcomb light up the floor with Hottest Vibe, while KI/KI’s “What’s A Girl To Do In ’25” keeps the future-faci ... Show More

<p>Winter, spring, summer, or fall... all you have to do is call, and Strong Songs will be there with an in-depth analysis of one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.</p><p>This episode takes a deep dive into Carole King's ever enduring, much-covered tribute t ... Show More

Temas y melodías que permanecen en tu memoria pero que hacía tiempo que no escuchabas. Santi Fontenla te invita a un viaje en su máquina del tiempo que hoy incluye las siguientes paradas... 1998 | Sade - Hang On To Your love 1998 | Marc Antoine - Sunland 1998 | Kim Waters - Night ... Show More