Colin Hay:  Waiting for My Real Life to Begin

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life to Begin

I didn’t grow up listening to the music that my grandparents would call “what the kids are listenin’ to these days”. I never seemed drawn to tune the radio to the station with the top 100 or follow the latest band or singer. Instead, I spent my time listening to...
Mose Allison:  If You Live

Mose Allison: If You Live

As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 30, 2015. Mose Allison was born on a farm outside Tippo, Mississippi, in...
Champion Jack Dupree:  I Don’t Know

Champion Jack Dupree: I Don’t Know

As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 29, 2015. Champion Jack Dupree was born in New Orleans around 1910 and...
Count Basie:  Sent for You Yesterday

Count Basie: Sent for You Yesterday

As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 28, 2015. They called the Count Basie Orchestra “The Band That Plays the...