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The podcast that highlights public domain songs and their creators, from American classical to ragtime, jazz, swing, blues and more.
Playing in the Domain
Playing in the Domain
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Rain and Snow
23 FEB 2024 · Learn about this traditional folk song and its journey from the Appalachian Mountains to the Grateful Dead's first album. Some music clips from the Library of Congress. Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2024. -
Up on the Housetop
17 DEC 2023 · Learn about this traditional holiday song, which sprang from the imagination of a children's music teacher in 1864. Some music clips from the Library of Congress. Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023. -
Extra Measure: The Layton's (parents of pianist/composer Turner Layton)
31 MAY 2023 · Learn about Professor John T. Layton, longtime choir director of an historic D.C. church, and his wife Julia Mason Layton, teacher and later activist and lecturer, who rallied for women's voting rights, among other causes. The couple helped produce the first AME Church hymnal to have muscial notation. Some clips from the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov Some sound effects provided through FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023. -
After You've Gone
10 MAR 2023 · Learn about lyricist Henry Creamer and pianist Turner Layton whose six-year collaboration produced the classic "After You've Gone," first published in 1918. Some clips found at the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023. -
O, Christmas Tree
24 DEC 2022 · Learn about this classic carol, which began as an ode to the fir tree. Penned in 1824 by an organist in Germany this song is now a beloved holiday carol in praise of the Christmas tree. Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org Some clips from the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022. -
Extra Measure: The Charleston, 1920s dance craze
13 NOV 2022 · Learn about The Charleston, a dance that defined the 1920s. From its origins in the Carolina sea islands to city nightclubs and the New York stage, this infectious dance craze spread across the world with young and old kicking up their heels. Everyone and their grandma knew how to Charleston. -
My Sweetie Went Away
16 OCT 2022 · Learn about songwriting team Roy Turk and Lou Handman who wrote "My Sweetie Went Away," as well as the classic Elvis ballad "Are You Lonesome Tonight." Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org Some clips from the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022. -
Extra Measure: Sleepy Hollow Ranch Gang
11 JUN 2022 · Learn about this country western group who were popular radio personalities in the 1930s and 40s, and their Pennsylvania music theme park, where they hosted popular and legendary artists beginning in 1940 through to the early 1960s. -
Keep On the Sunnyside of Life
29 MAY 2022 · Learn about prolific hymnwriter Ada J. Blenkhorn and composer J. Howard Entwisle and their classic American hymn and bluegrass standard "Keep On the Sunnyside of Life," published in 1899. Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org Some clips from the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022. -
Extra Measure: Bill Shirley, voice of Prince Phillip
31 MAR 2022 · Learn about singer and actor Bill Shirley, who sang his way into Hollywood, and whose voice is forever preserved as part of two iconic movie classics. Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org Some sound effects provided by FreeSFX (freesfx.co.uk) Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.
The podcast that highlights public domain songs and their creators, from American classical to ragtime, jazz, swing, blues and more.
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