Show name | History of American Music |
Show DJs | David Gowler,WMUA |
Show info | History of American Music is an overview of, primarily, American Music starting just after 1900 and reaching the present day w/a core focus from 1919-1969. The show has a strong jazz and African-American music focus, touching on 'Field Recordings', Blues, Gospel, Religious and early R and B, but also surveying white popular and jazz and swing influenced music, primarily before 1950. Other ethnic and cultural recordings, esoteric recordings, instrumental recordings, vaudeville, dialect comedy and other recorded artifacts from the early years of recorded music also find their way into the show. The recordings themselves are primarily from original source material, primarily 78rpm discs, but also 33rpm discs and, also analog and digital transcriptions of original recordings. The show educates as it entertains and unfolds historic and social themes as related to the music. I try, each show, to, besides informing listeners of the specific dates of the recordings and the musical personnel featured, mention other related information of historical settings or background. However, the program is primarily music presented in a chronological format, which hopefully progresses in a way which leads the listener to their own conclusions. Though I put hours of thought and preparation into each show, with specific musical, and other intentions, it is mostly up to the listener to interpret what they hear. The show begins, proceeds and ends and hopefully, however much of the show a listener might hear on a given day, from part of one song to the whole show, they are enlightened in some way. Because of the historic and sometimes, rare nature of the recordings presented, it is most likely, that, despite the fact that these are older recordings, the listener will be hearing some, or perhaps, most of this music for the first time. Certainly, much of this music is very rarely heard on the airwaves, anywhere. |
Show link | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/show.html?showoid=6980 |
Playlist RSS | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/feeds/playlistrss.html?showoid=6980&date=04-20-2014 |
Time | Title | Artist | Album | Label | Genre |
08:12 pm | I'm Going To Back To My Used To Be | Bessie Smith and Clara Smith | 13007-D | Columbia | Jazz |
08:12 pm | Pinchbacks-Take 'Em Away | Bessie Smith | 14025-D | Columbia | Jazz |
08:14 pm | Low-Down Papa | Rosa Henderson | 19157 | Victor | Jazz |
08:16 pm | Strut Yo' Stuff | La Veeda Dance Orch. (Tony Parenti) | 1549-D | Columbia | Jazz |
08:18 pm | Struttin' With Some Barbecue | Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five | R-2829 | Parlophone | Jazz |
08:25 pm | Shreveport | Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Peppers | B-7710 | Bluebird | Jazz |
08:28 pm | Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | Boogaboo | B-7725 | Bluebird | Jazz |
08:28 pm | Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers | Shoe Shiner's Drag | B-7725 | Bluebird | Jazz |
08:34 pm | If You Really Love Your Baby | Viola McCoy | 14395-D | Columbia | Jazz |
08:39 pm | Bugle Call Rag | Cab Calloway Orch. | Melotone | 12802 | Jazz |
08:46 pm | Breaking The Ice | Fats Waller and His Rhythm | 24826 | Victor | Jazz |
08:51 pm | Barnyard Blues | The Original Dixieland Five | 25502 | Victor | Jazz |
08:52 pm | Original Dixieland One Step | The Original Dixieland Five | 25502 | Victor | Jazz |
08:57 pm | That Da Da Strain | George Brunis and His Jazz Band | 546 | Commodore | Jazz |
08:58 pm | Ugly Chile | George Brunis and His Jazz Band | 546 | Commodore | Jazz |
09:03 pm | Bugle Call Rag | The Lion's Jazz Band | 24 | Black and White | Jazz |
09:06 pm | High Society | Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band | 40-0127 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:10 pm | Darktown Strutter's Ball | Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band | 40-0128 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:12 pm | Careless Love | Bertha 'Chippie' Hill with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders | J-1004 | Circle | Jazz |
09:16 pm | Mr. So and So | Big Boy Crudup | 20-4512 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:28 pm | Train Fare Blues | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | 20-2565 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:28 pm | No More Lovers | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | 20-2565 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:35 pm | Big Stars Falling Blues | Tampa Red | 20-5594 | RCA Victor | Jazz |
09:35 pm | Oh! Yeh | Muddy Waters | 1571 | Chess | Jazz |
09:36 pm | Just Make Love To Me | Muddy Waters | 1571 | Chess | Jazz |
09:39 pm | Trane's Blues | Shirley Scott | Hip Soul-Shirley Scott | Prestige LP | Jazz |
09:45 pm | Hip Soul | Shirley Scott | Hip Soul-Shirley Scott | Prestige LP | Jazz |
09:47 pm | I Wish I Could Talk To You Baby | Ran Blake | Ran Blake-breakthru | Improving Arts LP | Jazz |
09:48 pm | Grey December | Ran Blake | Ran Blake-breakthru | Improving Arts LP | Jazz |
09:55 pm | Duke Dreams | Ran Blake | Ran Blake-Duke Dreams | Soul Note LP | Jazz |
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