All Pieces for WFIU
Dinah Washington was known as the "Queen Of The Blues," but really, she was so much more than that. Washington was a jazz, pop, AND R&B diva, with ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
From the 1950s on, Ella Fitzgerald became known around the world as one of the most renowned live performers in jazz. This week, we’ll sample from ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we explore the musical partnership of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, two songwriters who contributed gems like “Just In Time” and “The P...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The “conditional love song” became a staple of musical theater in its golden age, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll listen to jazz interpretations ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we celebrate the smoky voice of jazz singer Chris Connor, who got her start with Claude Thornhill’s band in the 1940s, and went on to re...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Before Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, there was Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. This week, we’ll explore the songs of these early songwriters, inc...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Put on your dancing shoes as we cut a rug with the American Songbook. This week, I’ll be featuring jazz standards meant for dancing, including “I C...
- Added: Jun 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, for Bastille Day, we turn to the music of Paris to hear music written "dans la Mode française," performed by Madeleine Peyr...
- Added: Jun 24, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...
- Added: Jun 24, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Making an Egg-cellent Cake
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Coprophagy Keeps Birds Healthy
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
How to See What Soap Does to Water
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Give a Gull a Break
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 01:56:02
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 01:56:01
- Added: Jun 21, 2024
- Length: 01:56:00
A salute to talk-show host and jazz advocate Steve Allen, who also played piano and wrote numerous songs such as “This Could Be the Start of Someth...
- Added: Jun 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The restaurant underwent a dramatic transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about how restaurants came to be, and speculate on where t...
- Added: Jun 20, 2024
- Length: 54:00
Join us this week on Harmonia as we explore the madrigals of Monteverdi from his earliest collections in the 1590s to his innovative “Madrigals of ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 59:02
