Sound of History Podcast

Listen to some of the earliest commercial recordings of West African and South African songs and hymns, captured by the record label Zonophone.
Episode playlist:
Josiah Ransome-Kuti - Bi E O Le E LePesheya Ko Tukela - Sol T. PlaatjeSinga Mawele - Sol T. PlaatjeDsidso Ga Kasanku Fola Tro Vafe - Roland C. NathanielsAnlo Patriotic Song - Roland C. NathanielsIsokan Onigbagbo - Josiah Ransome-KutiE! T_Olorun L_awa O Se O - Josiah Ransome-Kuti
 
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Songs for long afternoons, open windows, and days in bloom.
A sunny summertime playlist of songs from 1906 - 1919.
1. John MacCormack - Funiculi Funicula2. Artist unknown - My Tom Tom Man3. Premier Quartet - Blue Jeans4. Fred Van Epps - Grace and Beauty5. The Risca Sextette - Little Tommy Went A Fishing6. W.C Handy - St. Louis Blues7. Leut. Jim Europe's 369th U.S Inf Band - How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down on The Farm?8. Standard Male Quartette - Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground9. Don Richardson - Arkansas Traveler10. Tuskegee Institute Singers - I'm Rolling11. Schumann Quartette - I Hear You Call My Name12. Emma Albani - Angels Ever Bright and Fair13. Garde Républicaine Band - Amour et Printemps Valse

Discover The Joys of Noise with Ultra-Modernists Leo Ornstein and Henry Cowell.

A quick look at escapism, and how it has shaped fashion and culture throughout history.

Uncovering the hidden history of country music.
 
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An art history episode about the women who painted through visions, spirits, and energy: Hildegard of Bingen, Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint and Emma Kunz.
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Haunting hits for a strange season: Songs from 1898 to 1913.Dark, weird & catchy songs for eerie nights..
 
Track list:
Pete Zabriskie - Who´s there?
Collins; Cullen - Eli Green´s Cake Walk
Premier Quartet- Washington Waddle
Standard Male Quartette - Everybody´s Doing It Now 
Joyce Archibald and His Orchestra - I´ll Gance Till De Sun Breaks Through
Belle Davis - Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes 
Mr Frank S. Mazziolli - Long Long Ago
Trinity Choir - There Is A Fountain Fill´d With Blood
Peerless Quartet - At The Devils Ball
Polk Miller And His Old South Quartette - What A Time
The Leeds Choral Union - Very Boastful Was I-A-Goo
Gilmore´s Band - At A Georgia Camp Meeting
George W. Johnson - Laughing Song
George P. Watson - Roll On Silver Moon
Unknown - Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight

Tracing how "world music" was first captured, collected, and commercialized.

Listen to the story of the Con Queen of the Belle Époque, Therese Humbert. But what does her story have to do with Henri Matisse and the birth of modern art?
In this episode, we explore a tale of scandal, ambition, and artistic revolution.

Exploring the origins of the synthesizer and the birth of electronic music.