Music From 100 Years Ago

Mp3s of Cal Stewart's Uncle Josh recordings can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/CalStewart_part1 http://www.archive.org/details/CalStewart_part2   Mp3s of the Avon Comedy Four can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/AvonComedyFourwithIrvingKaufman   The official Will Rogers web page is here: http://www.willrogers.org/    

Music by Victor Herbert including The March of the Toys and Gypsy Love Song.

Jazz recordings from 1917-1923.  Artists include:  The Original Dixieland Jass Band, King Oliver, W.C. Handy, Eubie Blake and Kid Ory.

A salute to early Canadan recording artists including: Henry Burr, Eva Gauthier and Henri Lacroix.

Episode 21: Man's Best Friend.  Songs about dogs including: The Whistler and His Dog and My Old Dog Tray.

Songs from the 13 years when alcohol was illegal in the U.S. Performers include: Billy Murrary, Ma Rainey, Bubber Miley and Burt Williams.

Episode 19: California Songs Songs in praise of California including: California Here I Come and At the Moving Picture Ball. 

Songs from the last year of World War I , including Oh How I Hate to Get Up and Is There Still Room For Me Neath the Old Apple Tree?

Songs from the middle years of World War I  including If You Were the Only Girl and We Don't Want the Bacon.

Episode 15 : Songs of the Summer season.  Including: In the Good Old Summer Time, The Last Rose of Summer and Summer Days.

Songs about baseball and the first recording of Rhapsody in Blue.

Episode 13.  Sad tales about dying soldiers, unhappy wives and neglected children.  Songs include: Is There Any Room In Heaven For a Little Girl Like Me?

Songs about trains including Casey Jones and The Wreck of the Old 97. Performers include Vernon Dalhart, Billy Murray and Moonshine Kate.

Episode 11:  Early African-American recording artists. Performers include: Bert Williams, James Reese Europe, Ma Rainey and the Fisk University Jubilee Singers.

Recordings left off of previous podcasts. Performers include: Enrico Caruso  Al Jolson   John McCormack  and Ada Jones

An all waltz show.  Songs include  In the Good Old Summertime, School Days, Waltz Me Around Again Willie and My Wild irish Rose.

The story of the Indestructible Phonography Company. Music includes:  Asleep in the Deep                          I'm Fovever Blowing Bubbles  Keep Away From the Fellow Who Owns an Automobile  

All march episode featuring the John Phillip Sousa Band.

This week:   songs by Al Jolson, the Tuskegee Institute Singers and Arthur Collins.  Plus: a classic hymn.  

Unusual instrumentals including: bagpipes, ocarina, a Stroh violin and a lap steel guitar.