Music from 100 Years Ago

A worthy podcast: Brice Fuqua’s Music from 100 Years Ago. In truth, it’s music from the early to mid-twentieth century, with a theme to each episode. Most recently, “Born in New Orleans,” with recordings by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Mahalia Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Wingy Manone, Louis Prima, Sidney Bechet, and Blanche Thomas.

The host’s tastes are eclectic (I’ve heard Kay Kyser and King Solomon Hill, though not in the same episode), and if the brief commentary on each recording is sometimes a bit too obviously drawn from Wikipedia, well, Wikipedia can be a good place to start. Highly recommended.