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Chicago's Jazz Age Melting Pot: Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie & the Blues
November 19, 2009
In the Twenties, Chicago’s South Side "bright-light" district "The Stroll" was the heart of the jazz scene. Peppered with nightclubs, pool halls, tattoo parlors, and vaudeville houses, it was home to the city’s 100,000 African Americans. During the day, the city was segregated, but at night differences between black and white became somewhat blurred. Chicago nightlife knew no boundaries, and the sound of jazz seemed to seep up out of the sidewalks.
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for November 14, 2009
November 16, 2009
This week on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?... Michael goes rogue with All the News that Isn't... author Michael Chabon learns how to be a man... it's an Aerosmith audition for our hotline... and two -- count 'em, TWO! -- rounds of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for November 7, 2009
November 10, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, we look back to our visit to Jacksonville, Florida. Michael has "All the Jacksonville News that Isn't..."
Also, we hear from columnist and political junkie, Mark Woods, alligator trapper, JT, Joan Peoples from Clark's Fish Camp, and the music of Rebecca Zapen.
And like a chip shot onto the 17th at Sawgrass... it's the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz! All this week on MICHAEL FELDMAN'S WHAD'YA KNOW? From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for October 31, 2009
November 2, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, we land in East Lansing, Michigan for a close-up of ALL THE MICHIGAN NEWS THAT ISN'T. Also, bird expert, Pamela Rasmussen doesn't eat crow when talking about the birds of South Asia. Then scientist Brad Sherrill raps about rare isotope research, Joe Bristol serves up some deep-fried chicken gizzards, and the music of Flatfoot. Throw in the quiz and you get the the idea that this is a Spartan, not a spartan, program.
Whad'Ya Know?
Studio 360: In Verse, David Hockney
November 13, 2009
This Peabody Award-winning show from WNYC is public radio’s smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts.
Studio 360
Global Hit
November 18, 2009
PRI’s The World presents the Global Hit, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends.
BBC/PRI/WGBH
Fats, Hoagy & W.C.: 20 Years of Riverwalk Jazz
October 29, 2009
Celebrating 20 years on public radio from San Antonio's Pearl Stable, Vernel Bagneris, Topsy Chapman and Shelly Berg join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and delve into the legacy of three jazz ‘superheroes’ whose work has inspired us—Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael—and the blues-driven melodies of W.C. Handy.
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for October 24, 2009
October 26, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... All the Non-Stop News that Isn't... Cheap is Chic?... Anti-cellphone hotline... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz... From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for October 17, 2009
October 19, 2009
This week, Michael has "All the News that Isn't," a dinorsaur vet, our Town of the Week, and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
'Diga Diga Do': Jazz Standards of Jimmy McHugh
October 15, 2009
A cocky go-getter from Irish Boston, Jimmy McHugh had the gift of gab and the charm to go with it. A top 'song-plugger' in the 1920s’ sheet music industry, McHugh would go on to compose some of the most enduring hits of the 20th century—"I Can't Give You Anything but Love," "Don't Blame Me," and more.
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for October 10, 2009
October 12, 2009
This week on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?... we look back to our visit to Little Rock, Arkansas, just a bit before the most recent Presidential election. Gov. Mike Beebe joins Michael to talk about all-things Little Rock, also Runaway Planet has a couple of tunes, Ray White and "Pickles" the goat are in from Heifer International, and Michael tries to smoke out some BBQ recipe info from Sarge of the Whole Hog Cafe. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for October 3, 2009
October 5, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... All the News that Isn't, author Fred Kaplan on why 1959 was a turning point in our history, musician Liam Finn, and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
I Wish I Were Twins: The Fats Waller Bluebird Sessions
October 1, 2009
Introduced in the middle of the Depression, records on RCA Victor's ‘Bluebird’ label were priced at an affordable 35 cents apiece. Fats Waller's blend of hot, rhythmic piano playing and hi-jinx tomfoolery on hundreds of 78 rpm 'Bluebirds' clicked with the public, and sold in the millions. Fats Waller and his Rhythm was the studio band for his Bluebird Sessions. Waller's genius and wit helped carry the band, enabling them to record as many as ten sides in a single day. Rarely did band members know in advance which tunes they'd be recording. The chaos was all part of the fun-loving spontaneity characterizing the Rhythm's Bluebird recordings.
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for September 26, 2009
September 28, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... All the News that Isn't... author and playwright, Paul Rudnick... the Whad'Ya Furlough Hotline... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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The Rise and Fall of Joe 'King' Oliver
September 24, 2009
King Oliver's contribution to jazz is his leadership of the greatest band to ever play in the New Orleans tradition of the improvised jazz ensemble. "The music itself is really simple folk music," says Jim Cullum. "It was what King Oliver did with it that was remarkable. Louis Armstrong described it as 'fire.' He said, 'no one else had the fire of Joe Oliver.'"
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for September 19, 2009
September 21, 2009
This week on Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?... a very old fruit cake... living in a mall... "The Stuff of Thought" author, Steven Pinker... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz! From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for September 12, 2009
September 14, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, we visit Wooster, Ohio, land of the Scots. We dabble in some of Wooster's history with Paul Locher, churn some butter with hardware-of-yesteryear from Jay Lehman, and sample some regional cheese and wine... of course, we'll also throw in the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz x2. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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'Melancholy Blues': Clarinetist Johnny Dodds
September 10, 2009
A first generation jazzman, clarinet pioneer Johnny Dodds settled in Chicago but never strayed from his New Orleans roots. Dodds' clarinet sound, with its moving low register vibrato and piercing upper register, was a cornerstone of landmark recordings by King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong.
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for September 5, 2009
September 7, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, Michael has ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T... then guest #1 is a no-show, but guest #2 has quite the deep-fried confection deep in the heart of Texas...plus the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz! From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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A Night at Nick's: Hot Jazz in the Big Apple
September 3, 2009
Nick¹s Steakhouse was revered as ‘the place’ in Greenwich Village to hear hot jazz. Crammed into the smoky room, novelist John Steinbeck and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio sat next to celebrity bank-robber Willie Sutton and 'The Honeymooners' Jackie Gleason listening to Muggsy Spanier, Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden, and more.
Step Inside Nick's in Greenwich Village - Music, stories and photos at www.riverwalkjazz.org
Riverwalk Jazz
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for August 29, 2009
August 31, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T... a peek into Andy Warhol's time capsules... a Back-to-School hotline... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for August 22, 2009
August 25, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?, we look back to our visit to Canton, Ohio. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for August 15, 2009
August 17, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... cheating... gizzards... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz. From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? for August 8, 2009
August 10, 2009
This week on Whad'Ya Know?... it's Yukon Quest! Michael and the boys are in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the timing couldn't be better, what with All the Sarah Palin (and other Alaska) News that Isn't... Bill Streever lets us know what it's like to be really really cold... Aren Gunderson is into marmots (but in an appropriate way)... Steve Brown and the Bailers sing to us, Virgil Umphenour feeds us (salmon and caviar) and Glenn Brady gives us a brew to behold... and the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz! From Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
Whad'Ya Know?
ALL THE NEWS THAT ISN'T for August 1, 2009
August 3, 2009
This week it's a look back at ALL THE LOUISVILLE, KY NEWS THAT WASN'T... from Wisconsin Public Radio and PRI, Public Radio International.
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