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- Indigo Girls: Closer to Fine/Power of Two
- Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3)
- Isley Brothers: Fight the Power/Shout
- Burl Ives: Medley with Johnny Cash/Scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question/Prelude to The Fourth Symphony
- Ivory Waves: After Slice
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- The Jack Grace Band: It Was a Really Bad Year/Sugarbear
- The Jack Grace Band: Warm Rock in the Sun/Podcast Interview
- Mahailia Jackson: Didn’t It Rain/Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
- Wanda Jackson: Hard Headed Woman
- Etta James, Mick Taylor, John Mayall: You Got Me Runnin’
- The James Gang: Walk Away/Funk 49
- Harry James: You Made Me Love You/Don’t Be That Way
- Morgan James: Fooled Around and Fell in Love
- Bert Jansch: Angie and Reynardine
- Skip James: Crow Jane
Dame Vera Lynn
- Jan & Dean: Surf City
- Bert Jansch: Reynardine/Angie
- Keith Jarrett: Summertime/God Bless the Child
- Playlist: Five From Jefferson Airplane
- Eva Jessye (arranger): I’m a Po’ Lil’ Orphan” (sung by Marti Newland)
- Eva Jessye (arranger): Bless My Soul And Gon’ and Podcast
- Jethro Tull: Locomotive Breath
- Carlos Antonio Jobim: Águas of Março
- Joe Russo’s Almost Dead: Scarlet Begonias/Fire on the Mountain
- Elton John: Sad Songs (Say So Much)/Amoreena
- Dr. John and Eric Clapton: St. James Infirmary
- Johnny Roquemore & The Apostles of Bluegrass: Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
- Jack Johnson: Big Sur
- Lonnie Johnson: Another Night to Cry
- Robert Johnson: Crossroad Blues/Love in Vain Blues
- Bobby Jones: I’m A Soldier in the Army of the Lord/Gospel Medley
- Glenn Jones: Of Its Own Kind/Bergen County Farewell
- Norah Jones: Don’t Know Why
- Papa Jo Jones: I Found a New Chapeau/Caravan
- Rickie Lee Jones: Flying Cowboys
- Spike Jones: Poet and Peasants Overture
- Tom Jones: Sex Bomb/What’s New Pussycat?
- Janis Joplin: Raise Your Hand/Move Over
- Playlist: Five From Scott Joplin
- Scott Joplin’s Ragtime
- Scott Joplin: Gladiolus Rag/Magnetic Rag
- Clifford Jordan: Silver City Bound
- Adan Jodorowsky featuring León Larregui: Vagabundos de Otro Mundo
- Playlist: Five From Louis Jordan
K
- Anton Karas: The Third Man Theme
- Tom Keifer: Nobody’s Fool/The Last Mile
- Kenny G: Sentimental
- Junior Kimbrough: Sad Days, Lonely Nights/All Night Long
- The Kinks: Low Budget
- B.B. King: How Blue Can You Get?/Just a Little Bit of Love
- Freddie King: Hideaway/Ain’t Nobody’s Business
- Playlist: Five From King Oliver
- Albert King: Blues Power
- King Crimson: Epitaph/Starless
- The Kinks: Apeman
- The Kinks: Low Budget
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Serenade to a Cuckoo
- Podcast: Larry Kirwan on Black 47 and Irish Music in America
- KISS: Rock and Roll All Nite/Shout It Out Loud
- Davy Knowles: River Bend/Hear Me Lord
- Leo Kottke: Vaseline Machine Gun/Last Steam Engine
- Alexis Korner: Gospel Ship/One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
- Kraftwerk: Autobahn/Das Model
- Diana Krall: Cry Me a River/Route 66
- Alison Krauss: Down to the River to Pray
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- Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Paul Simon: You Can Call Me Al
- Lake Street Dive: Shame, Shame, Shame
- Jon Lajoie: Everyday Normal Guy
- Led Zeppelin: How Many More Times/Kashmir
- A Conversation with Led Zeppelin Chronicler Denny Somach
- Lianne La Havas: Age/Is Your Love Big Enough?
- Sonny Landreth: Zydeco Shuffle/Z Rider
- k.d. lang: The Valley/Hallelujah
- Peter Lang: Poor Howard/Guitar Rag/Quetico Reel
- Laurel and Hardy: Shine On, Harvest Moon
- Albert Lee: Sweet Little Lisa/My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
The Pretenders
- Peggy Lee: Similau/Why Don’t You Do Right?
- Adrian Legg: Norah Handley’s Waltz/Cajun Interlude
- Tom Lehrer: We Will All Go Together When We Go/The Elements
- The Leningrad Cowboys and The Red Army Choir: Sweet Home Alabama
- Furry Lewis: When I Lay My Burden Down/Kassie Jones
- Meade Lux Lewis: Honky Tonk Train Blues/Roll ‘Em Pete
- Ramsey Lewis: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- Gordon Lightfoot: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Lights & Motion: The March
- Lil Nas X: Old Town Road
- David Lindley: Mercury Blues/King of the Bed
- Link Wray: Rumble
- Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.1/Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
- Little Big Town: Tornado/Boondocks
- Little Eva: Let’s Turkey Trot
- Little Feat: Dixie Chicken
- Little Richard: Tutti Fruitti/Long Tall Sally
- Little Walter: Little Walter’s Jump/Wild About You Baby
- Nick Lowe: Cruel to Be Kind/So It Goes
- Los Lobos: Evangeline/Will the Wolf Survive?
- Los Lobos, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir: This Land is Your Land
- Nils Lofgren: Delivery Night
- Lost Bayou Ramblers: Blue Moon Special/Bastille
- The Lovin’ Spoonful: Summer in the City
- The Lumineers: Ho Hey/Flapper Girl
- Loretta Lynne: Who’s Gonna Miss Me?
- Shelby Lynne: Call Me Up/Heaven’s Only Days Down the Road
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Three Steps
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- Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, First Movement
- Doug MacLeod: Rosa Lee/You Can’t Take My Blues and Podcast Interview
- Doug MacLeod: Podcast: Catching Up with Doug MacLeod
- Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear: Silent Movies
- Madrigals: Fine Knacks for Ladies/Madrigal de Nîmes
- Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb: Diving Duck Blues
- Laura Marling: Gurdjieff’s Daughter
- Taj Mahal: Slide Show and Playlist
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (“Urlicht”)/Symphony No. 3
- The Mamas and the Papas: California Dreamin’/Monday, Monday
- Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther Theme
- Music and Nelson Mandela
- Eleni Mandell: Magic Summertime
- Aimee Mann: Charmer
- Bob Marley and the Wailers: Stir It Up
- Playlist: Five From Bob Marley
- Laura Marling: Where Can I Go?
- Laura Marling: Gurdjieff’s Daughter/I Was an Eagle
- Wynton Marsalis: Portrait of Louis Armstrong/Come Rain or Come Shine
- Masterpiece: Oh Susanna
- The Marvelettes: Please Mr. Postman
- The Marx Brothers: Lydia, the Tattooed Lady/I’m Against It-I Always Get My Man
- Keiko Matsui: Water Lily/Light Above the Trees
- John Mayall: Oh, Pretty Woman
- Curtis Mayfield: Superfly/It’s All Right (with The Impressions)
- Curtis Mayfield: People Get Ready
- Paul McCartney: Birthday
- Delbert McClinton: B Movie Box Car Blues
- Larry McCray: Smooth Sailing
- Podcast: Seattle Singer-Songwriter Ian McFeron
- The McIntosh County Shouters
- Jimmy McMillan: The Rent is Too Damn High Anthem
- JD McPherson: North Side Gal/Abigail Blue
- Megadeth: A Song for the Dead
- The Memphis Jug Band: On the Road Again, Stealin’ Stealin’
- Ethel Merman: Everything’s Coming Up Roses
- Mississippi Fred McDowell: John Henry/Goin’ Down to the River
- Mississippi Fred McDowell: Jesus on the Mainline
John Prine
- In Depth: Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Mississippi John Hurt: Lonesome Valley/Stagger Lee
- The Mississippi Mass Choir: I’m Not Tired Yet/When I Rose This Morning
- Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Love Over and Over/Going Back to Harlan
- Marian McPartland: In a Mist
- Carmen McRae: I’m Glad There is You/That Old Black Magic
- Yu Hong Mei: Nostalgic Dreams of Beijing/There’s a Golden Sun Over Beijing
- Katie Melua: Perfect Circle/What I Miss About You
- Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Movement 2
- Natalie Merchant: Jealousy
- Glenn Miller: Tuxedo Junction
- The Mills Brothers: (Up a) Lazy River/Glow Worm
- Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels: Devil With a Blue Dress On/C.C. Rider/Jenny Take a Ride
- Blue Mitchell: I’ll Close My Eyes
- Joni Mitchell: California/Me and My Uncle
- Keb’ Mo’: Am I Wrong?/Suitcase
- The Modern Jazz Quartet: Bags’ Groove/Django
- Modest Mouse: Dashboard
- Moe.: Kyle’s Song
- Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk
- Thelonius Monk: Evidence/Rhythm a Ning
- Bill Monroe: Rawhide/Sally Goodin
- Hugo Montenegro: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Joe Montgomery: Two Time Loser
- Thelonious Monk: Evidence
- Wes Montgomery: West Coast Blues/Round Midnight
- The Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin/Tuesday Afternoon
- Morning Sun & The Essentials: Canopy
- Van Morrison Playlist
- Jelly Roll Morton: The Crave/King Porter Stomp
- Mott the Hoople: All the Young Dudes/Roll Away the Stone
- Mountain: Theme for an Imaginary Western
- Mozart: Flute Concerto No.2 In D Major, K.314 First Movement (conducted by James Galway)
- Maria Muldaur: Midnight at the Oasis
- Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man/Dust Bowl Dance
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain/The Great Gate of Kiev
- Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey/Into the Mystic
- Gerry Mulligan: Open Country/Satin Doll
- Billy Murray: If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews
- Music of the Civil War
- Music of World War I
- Charlie Musselwhite: Christo Redemptor
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- Oliver Nelson: Hoe Down/Emancipation Blues
Wes Montgomery
- Willie Nelson: Blue Skies
- The Neville Brothers: Fire on the Bayou/Big Chief
- The New Lost City Ramblers: Man of Constant Sorrow/Ragtime Annie
- New Riders of the Purple Sage: Glendale Train/Kick In the Head
- Jimmy C. Newman: Louising Cajun Band/Down on the Bayou
- Randy Newman: Louisiana 1927
- Robert Nighthawk: Cheating and Lying Blues/Mama Talk to Your Daughter
- Harry Nilsson: Everybody’s Talkin’/Coconut
- The North Mississippi Allstars: The Meeting
- N.W.A.: Express Yourself
- Laura Nyro: Save the Country
O
- Odetta: This Little Light of Mine/Glory, Hallelujah
- The O’Jays: Love Train/For the Love of Money
- Old Crow Medicine Show: Down Home Girl/Wagon Wheel
- Sy Oliver: Opus No. 1
- Buck Owens and the Buckaroos: Act Naturally/My Heart Skips a Beat
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- Patti Page: Tennessee Waltz/How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
- Earl Palmer: I Might Not Come Home At All/I Get So Lonely
- Matt Panayides: Sketch 1
- Charlie Parker: Dexterity
- Dolly Parton: Jolene/Islands in the Stream
- Pearl Jam: Corduroy/Rearviewmirror
- Charlie Parker: Dexterity/Yardbird Suite
- Playlist: Five From Charlie Parker
- Parliament Funkadelic: Bring on the Funk
- Parov Stelar: Chambermaid Swing
- Joe Pass: Joe’s Blues/Satin Doll
- Charley Patton: Shake It and Break It (But Don’t Let It Fall Mama)/Big Lee Pt. 1
- Les Paul and Mary Ford: Alabamy Bound/Darktown Strutter’s Ball
- Nicholas Payton: Bag’s Groove/When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
- Tom Paxton: I Miss My Friends Tonight/Ramblin’ Boy
- Art Pepper: Mambo Koyama/Rhythm a Ning
- Carl Perkins: That’s Alright Mama/Matchbox
- Tom Petty: Breakdown
- Playlist: Five From Carl Perkins
- Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop’s Boogie/Down in Mississippi
- Madeleine Peyroux: I’m All Right/The Kind You Can’t Afford
- Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop’s Boogie/Down in Mississippi
- Phil Phillips: Sea of Love
Scott Joplin
- Sam Phillips: Playlist
- Phish: Sneaking Sally Through the Alley
- Edith Piaf: La vie en rose/Non, je ne regrette rien
- Wilson Pickett: In the Midnight Hour
- Piedmont Bluz: That’s No Way to Get Along/Joliet Bound
- Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall/Comfortably Numb
- Pink Floyd: Shine on You Crazy Diamond
- The Pixies: Debaser/U-Mass
- Playlist: Electric Blues Guitar
- The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God/Body of an American
- Plastic Bertrand: Ca Plane Pour Moi
- Playlist: Doc Pomus
- Giacomo Puccini: Excerpts from Tosca and La Boheme
- Polemic: Svetlá Mesta/You Can Get it if You Really Want
- Porcupine Tree: Dark Matter
- Cole Porter: Anything Goes
- Portugal-The Man: Cheer Up
- Dennis Potter: Pennies from Heaven (Anything Goes)/The Singing Detective (Dry Bones)
- Bud Powell: Get Happy/Anthropology
- The Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Basin Street Blues/Tailgate Ramble
- Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel
- The Pretenders: Brass in Pocket/My City Was Gone
- The Pretenders: Precious/My City Was Gone
- Ray Price: Invitation to the Blues/Crazy Arms
- Louis Prima: Medley/Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody
- Prince: Raspberry Beret/Let’s Go Crazy
- John Prine: In Spite of Ourselves/Angel From Montgomery
- Five from John Prine
- Proclaimers: King of the Road
- Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale/Conquistador
- Professor Longhair: Big Chief/Tipitina
- Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
- Tito Puente: Oye Como Va/Maria Cervantes
- Puccini: Tosca and La Boheme
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- Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
- Podcast: Quest Soul on His Music and Hip Hop
- Queen Ida: Grand Mamou/Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
