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Here’s a succinct history lesson. “Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.”
February 26, 2021 |
Two keys to any good marriage: understanding and coffee.
February 26, 2021 |
Tomato, to-mah-to, potato-po-tah-to…no matter how you say it, you’re on the Sound Beat. Most married couples admit to occasional, let’s say…differences of opinion. Seldom ...
February 25, 2021 |
On today’s episode we’re talking electronic music…and the importance of a thorough resume. You’re on the Sound Beat. Miklos Rosza had ...
February 24, 2021 |
Freddie Fisher and "America's most unsophisticated band".
February 23, 2021 |
The Fisk Jubilee Singers with Band of Gideon, a cylinder recording from 1927
February 22, 2021 |
The Charleston wasn't the only dance on the floor in the 1920's.
February 19, 2021 |
Yves Montand with A Paris, an Odeon record from 1949.
February 18, 2021 |
Why did Governor Dewitt Clinton build a giant ditch across New York state? To get to the other side.
February 17, 2021 |
It was L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law who encouraged him to write down the fanciful stories he told his kids. Seems he put a bit ...
February 16, 2021 |
In his hit “Caldonia,” Louis Jordan wasn’t singing about his wife Fleecie Moore’s “hard head”, but, you know, he could have been.
February 15, 2021 |
The Hammer Song has been pounding out social change since 1949.
February 12, 2021 |