Afterglow Jazz and American Popular Song
Afterglow takes another stroll down the lane of musical reverie.
Tony Bennett, Helen Forrest, and others help us commemorate the changing of the seasons.
Nat King Cole never reached the cinematic heights of fellow singers Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, but his recordings appeared in many films of the 1950s & 60s.
"She Wrote the Song" highlights standards written by women composers who, in the early decades of American popular song, had to struggle for the limelight.
It's the most written-about topic in the history of popular song L-O-V-E, as Nat King Cole once sang.
Christmas is celebrated with music from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, Dianne Reeves, and many more
The arrival of spring is celebrated the week, with "Songs of the Season", starring Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and many more.
We celebrate the best of 2007 this week on Afterglow, listening to some of the best new releases and reissues.
Happy holidays from all of us at WFIU! This week on Afterglow we celebrate the season with our annual "Songs of the Season: Christmas" program.
David Brent Johnson hosts the weekly WFIU historical jazz program Night Lights and Afterglow as well. Learn more »
JazzWax blogger and Wall Street Journal music writer Marc Myers discusses his book about how cultural, economic, and social forces shaped the sound of jazz.
Night Lights is WFIU's weekly program of classic jazz hosted by David Brent Johnson.
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