American Grooves Radio Hour, hosted by filmmaker and collector Joe Lauro, takes you on a deep dive into the music of pre-World War II America. It focuses on the Jazz, pioneering Blues, early Country, Gospel, Vaudeville and World Music which was being performed on the streets and in the taverns and nightclubs of pre-1935 America. ONLY original 78 rpm records from Joe’s world-renowned archive and the libraries of other notable collectors will be played. There will also be stories from the first generation of record collecting as well as backgrounds and information on the records and the...
Songs about Presidents and voting ( and voting TWICE!) from the golden era - Jack Kelly South Memphis Jug Band, Riley Puckett, Blind Blake and a slew of others will be in the house!
Published 11/03/24
While most fans of early jazz know the names and legends of Louis Armstrong and King Oliver there were many other brilliant and important trumpet/cornet plays working in the Cresent City during the early decades of the last century - this episode, the first of two, explores the music of some of...
Published 10/28/24