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Archive for June 2009

June 5, 2009

 

Diana Krall Quiet Nights Album Cover

What’s New: June 2009

This week on Afterglow: new releases from Diana Krall and Tierney Sutton.

June 12, 2009

 

Louis Armstrong Summertime Album Cover

Songs of the Season: Summer, Part 1

Afterglow continues a long tradition with music heralding the arrival of summer.

June 26, 2009

 

1960 Billy Eckstine

Billy Eckstine: The Roulette Years

Billy Eckstine made three stellar LPs for Roulette-a standards outing with Billy May, a blues excursion with Count Basie, and a knockout live Las Vegas concert.

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