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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Unsung Songwriters: The Great Craftsmen

April 18, 2013

We know about the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin—but who were the hardworking, yet little-known craftsmen of song responsible for penning the vast body of work known as “jazz standards” of the golden age? The lyrics of these songs may be rich with romance, a silly Marx Brothers ditty, or even a “torchy” lament of ...

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Pandora's Biggest Weakness, Potential Opportunity

April 17, 2013

By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Pandora has evolved during its tumultuous, decade long rise to ascendancy in the Internet radio sector, but the product is not perfect. Avid users lament about the repetitious nature of their custom stations and their tendency to pander toward certain artists. The alternative ...

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SiriusXM Takes On Pandora, Custom Radio with MySXM Powered by the Echo Nest

April 16, 2013

The music service with more paid subscribers than any other is taking direct aim at Pandora and other custom music stream providers. Today satellite broadcaster SiriusXM launched MySXM which, with some help from The Echo Nest, allows users to customize the mix of 50+ SiriusXM music channels. When listeners first start listening to a MySXM channel, ...

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Dexter Gordon Tribute - Abu Dhabi Classic FM April 14-18, 2013 | 11am-2pm EST

April 14, 2013

Dex Music LLC is proud to announce that in honor of Dexter Gordon's 90th anniversary celebration, Abu Dhabi Classic FM will host a daily tribute broadcast to Dexter Gordon beginning this Sunday, April 14 through Thursday, April 18, 2013, between 11AM and 2PM EST (daily). This is the first organized debut program honoring Dexter Gordon in ...

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Radio Arts Foundation's New Station Goes Live

April 9, 2013

Since the sale of the former KFUO (aka Classic 99) to new owners back in 2010, there's been no local classical music programming on broadcast radio in St. Louis. Today, classical music radio came back to the airwaves here in the form of a new station run by the Radio Arts Foundation, and it's bringing a ...

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New Research: Musicians Should Seek Traditional Radio Play While Pursuing Internet Opportunities

April 6, 2013

Though research studies often conflict, recent research related to music listening habits make it clear that traditional radio, including traditional radio being streamed on the web, remains a dominant source of streaming music and music discovery. Yet pure play internet radio's audience is growing and younger people are gradually shifting away from traditional AM/FM radio to ...

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Clarinet Marmalade This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

April 4, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band offers an exploration of great pre-WWII voices of jazz clarinet with the help of prominent contemporary exponents of the “old school." Evan Christopher, Bob Wilber, Kenny Davern and Ken Peplowski (pictured at right) perform with the Band and talk about their mentors and influences. The program ...

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A Trio Of New Orleans Jazz Pioneers This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

March 28, 2013

In the early 1960s cornetist Jim Cullum was a young man in his 20s. He made a pilgrimage to New Orleans to explore the roots of jazz, meet jazz greats and sit in on jam sessions. This week on our show, Cullum recalls a jam session with cornetist Johnny Wiggs and Mardi Gras parades when he ...

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Barbary Coast This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

March 21, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz we hear rare recordings of Sid LeProtti playing piano and actor Vernel Bagneris bringing LeProtti’s words to life. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic tunes that might have been danced to in the night spots of Pacific Street. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on ...

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20-somethings Of Trad This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

March 14, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, three remarkable “20-something” musicians join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing in San Antonio. All share a passion for classic pre-WWII jazz and make an important contribution to the legacy of the music through their playing. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, ...