Celebrate the Birthday of Big Joe Turner – This week on 12th Street Jump
This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Fats Waller. Dr. Pearl helps Keith Richards deal with change and a parody considers what Fats Waller might say about all the present day misbehavin’ Jazz pianist, composer, singer and entertainer Fats Waller began his career as a professional pianist working in cabarets and theaters. He recorded his first solos when he was just 18 years old. His hits Honeysuckle Rose, Ain’t Misbehavin and Squeeze Me are considered classics. He played with Nat Shilkret, Gene Austin and Adelaide Hall but found his greatest success with his own group...
Read MoreVan Halen 35th Anniversary – This week on Insight Daily
One of only five rock bands that have had two albums sell more than 10 million copies in the US, 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Van Halen, have sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. These new modules for ID Radio feature exclusive interviews with band members of the past and present, music from the “classic” Van Halen era, and exclusive interview content with leading hard rock music expert, Ian Christe, author of The Van Halen Saga. Insight Daily Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and...
Read More“When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?” – This week on Insight Daily
“When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up” is the parenting guide for parents who thought they would no longer need one. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, PhD and Elizabeth Fishel provide a witty, optimistic guide for those parents who are struggling to save for retirement while supporting their 18-29-year-old kid(s). Jeffrey Jensen Arnett coined the term “emerging adulthood” and also wrote the text, Emerging Adulthood. A research professor at Clark University, he is also editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research. His author, Elizabeth Fishel, is a journalist whose work has been featured in Vogue, O, Good...
Read MoreCelebrate the Birthday of Big Joe Turner – This week on 12th Street Jump
On this week’s archive episode of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Big Joe Turner. We play a game of questions with 12th Street Jump’s own Joe Cartwright and send the learned out into the world with the “Graduation Blues”. With a career that spanned nearly 60 years, Big Joe Turner began by singing on the Kansas City streets before 1920. As a singing bartender, he began a partnership with pianist Pete Johnson which lead to an appearance at Carnegie Hall with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Count Basie in 1938. Turner was rock and roll long before the...
Read MoreUpcoming guests on Art of the Song
Check out the guests that you will hear in May & June on Art of the Song. Here’s the schedule (subject to change) Week of May 13th: Tom Paxton Week of May 20th: Bill Staines Week of May 27th: Blue Sky Riders (featuring Kenny Loggins) Week of Jun 3rd: Tribute to Sid Selvidge Week of Jun 10th: Hillel Tigay Week of Jun 17th: Bryan Ferry (of Roxy Music) Week of Jun 24th: Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic) LENGTH: 59 minutes COST: FREE AVAILABLE: PRX, Downloads, CD WEBSITE: artofthesong.org For more information about Art of the Song, click...
Read MoreCelebrate the Birthday of Irving Berlin – This week on 12th Street Jump
On this week’s archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Irving Berlin. The gang plays a game of “So, What’s Your Question?” and reveal a few lesser known facts about this legendary composer. Legendary composer and lyricist Irving Berlin is considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music. From his very first hit “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” through “God Bless America” and “White Christmas,” Berlin changed the face of popular music. His compositions are filled with singable melodies, timeless lyrics and the true...
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