This show isn’t free-form, it’s a show highlighting our favorite stars of the French music hall of the 1930s and 40s.

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This show is on Deezer and features a set playlist, not the same as the automated program on LastFM that we had developed earlier.

Here are the artists on this program:

Mistinguett
Damia
Lucienne Boyer
Jean Sablon
Berthe Sylva
Lys Gauty
Maurice Chevalier
Lucienne Delyle
Frehel
Jean Gabin
Arletty
Charles Trénet
Tino Rossi
Rina Ketty
Édith Piaf
Joséphine Baker

radiola 3 is on the air (so to speak).

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Lucienne Delyle
Bix Beiderbecke
Mistinguett
Miriam Makeba
Baaba Maal
Ben Harper
Sergio Mendez
Charlie Mungus
Mose Allison
Kieth Jarrett
Nellie McKay
Josephine Baker
CocoRosie
Les Yeux Noirs
Monika Juhaszuca + Gipsy Star
The Saexophones
Astor Piazzolla
Golem
The O’Jays
Coleman Hawkins
Lester Young
Ben Webster
Fred Astaire

Here’s radiola’s episode #1. It’s a LastFM free-form mix. What do you think?

Here’s an alphabetical list of the songs included in the first radiola program.

Listen

The player shuffles the order — nothing’s perfect. It’s kind of cool that it’s a little different every time you listen.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

Duke Ellington – Caravan 6:10
Fernandel – Félicie Aussi 2:45
Nellie McKay – Ding Dong 3:10
Django Reinhardt – Nuages 6:58
Antônio Carlos Jobim – Aguas de Marco 3:55
Keren Ann – In Your Back 5:35
Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser 9:06
Yael Naïm – New Soul 3:34
Jean Sablon – J’attendrai 2:59
Gal Costa – Estrada do Sol 2:17
Édith Piaf – Milord 4:29
Ornette Coleman – Turnaround 7:55
The Be Good Tanyas – The Littlest Birds 4:07
Luciana Souza – Muita Bobeira 6:29
Damia – Tout le jour, toute la nuit 0:30
Albert Ayler – Ghosts 2:49
Maria Rita – Cara valente 4:50
John Coltrane – Naima 7:44
Josephine Baker – j’ai Deux Amours 3:11
Po’ Girl – Bad Luck Day Baby 3:01
Beth Orton – She Cries Your Name 4:46
Virginia Dare – Dumb as a Doll 3:10
Marisa Monte – Pra ser sincero 2:54

Coltrane
Dolphy
Tyner
Elvin Jones
Workman

Ornette Coleman – Alto Sax, Violin, & Trumpet
Burn Nix – Guitar
Charles Ellerbee – Guitar
Larry McRae – Bass
Albert McDowell – Bass
Debard Coleman – Drums
Kamal Sabir – Drums (less)

Tokyo, Japan, Live Under the Sky ‘86.

1938

1936

The Dog Song