https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/playing-in-the-domain--5049160enHistoryCopyright Riverbend Studioshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/89b40360de311a808a9fd6a6c53c4f9d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/playing-in-the-domain--5049160Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:57:26 +0000Riverbend StudiosRiverbend Studiosnlemons@centurylink.netThe podcast that highlights public domain songs and their creators, from American classical to ragtime, jazz, swing, blues and more.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wallins-appalachian-family-perserving-the-american-folksong-tradition--69509734https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69509734Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:57:03 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn about one family's contribution to preserving America's folk song style and tradition. From the writings of song collectors in the 1910s, to the field recordings of documentarians starting in the 1960s, members of the the Wallin family of Big...715americanmusic,appalachian,audiorecordings,bluegrass,chandler,donjohnson,fieldrecordings,folksong,gratefuldead,history,johncohen,mountains,movie,norton,poorman,recording,singing,songcollector,studio,traditionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rain-and-snow--58792201Some music clips from the Library of Congress.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2024.]]>1353appalachian,bluegrass,british,campbell,cecil,dulcimer,english,folk,gratefuldead,history,musicologist,northcarolina,obray,olive,pentangle,ramsey,sharp,songcollector,southern,wallinfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/up-on-the-housetop--58033461Some music clips from the Library of Congress.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58033461Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:39:00 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn 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.Some music clips from the Library of Congress.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023.]]>11491866,brethern,children,chimney,christmas,church,composer,hanby,history,holiday,hymn,otterbein,railroad,reindeer,roof,santa,singer,stocking,underground,unitedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-the-layton-s-parents-of-pianist-composer-turner-layton--54056494Julia 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.
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among other causes. The couple helped produce the first AME Church hymnal to have muscial notation.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2023.]]>1243african-american,ame,baltimore,black,choir,church,civil,coleridge-taylor,d.c.,layton,philadelphia,rights,samuel,school,south,turner,voting,washington,women,wrcfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-you-ve-gone--53162903the classic "After You've Gone," first published in 1918.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52275093Sat, 24 Dec 2022 20:19:11 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn 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...
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>789charliebrown,choir,christmas,church,composer,composing,fir,folk,germany,guaraldi,hemlock,history,holiday,leipzig,organist,peanuts,princealbert,qeeenvictoria,sing,tunefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-the-charleston-1920s-dance-craze--51880767From 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.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51880767Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:07:11 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn 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....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.]]>12021920s,1930s,african-american,black,broadway,carolina,charleston,choir,church,city,composing,dance,gullah,harlem,musical,newyork,record,seaisland,shuffle,singfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-sweetie-went-away--51591490Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>1854alley,city,composer,composing,crosby,elvis,handman,history,hollywood,lonesome,music,newyork,parker,record,songwriter,stage,tinpan,tonight,turk,vaudevillefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-sleepy-hollow-ranch-gang--50166702hosted popular and legendary artists beginning in 1940 through to the early 1960s.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/50166702Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:32:09 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn 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.hosted popular and legendary artists beginning in 1940 through to the early 1960s.]]>1338barn,bluegrass,carter,country,dance,family,hayloft,hillbilly,hoedown,music,pancake,pennslyvania,pete,philadelphia,radio,ranch,records,sunnyside,western,yugoslaviafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-on-the-sunnyside-of-life--49989863and their classic American hymn and bluegrass standard "Keep On the Sunnyside of Life," published in 1899.
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>1682bluegrass,canadian,carters,choir,christmas,church,composer,crosby,gospel,history,hymn,hymnwriter,methodist,music,peace,pennsylavania,philadelphia,publisher,sermon,songwriterfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-bill-shirley-voice-of-prince-phillip--49269607Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>706aurora,baritone,broadway,child,disney,flying,hepburn,hollywood,indiana,johnwayne,movies,newyork,phillip,prince,record,singer,sleepingbeauty,stage,tenor,u.s.armyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beautiful-dreamer--49231664Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>1983cincinnati,composer,dance,folk,history,home,kentucky,minstrel,music,newyork,pennsylvania,piano,pittsburg,publisher,river,songwriter,stage,susannah,swanee,tunefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-ruth-etting-from-chorus-line-to-headline--48526685Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2022.]]>976alcohol,broadway,chicago,colorado,gangster,gun,hollywood,kidnapping,movies,newyork,nightclub,radio,record,recordings,seamstress,singer,stage,sweetheart,touring,voicefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-had-to-be-you--48490132
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2021.]]>873armstrong,black,blues,clarence,denmark,harlem,louis,music,newyork,radio,recording,records,singer,stage,station,theater,vaudeville,voice,williamsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/santa-claus-blues--48051357Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2021.]]>957baseball,composer,hollywood,music,newyork,pianist,piano,publishing,sheetmusic,stage,theatre,tinpanalleyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shine-on-harvest-moon--47647137Some music clips provided through freemusicarchive.org
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Barks by Sophie
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Barks by Sophie
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Riverbend Studios, Copyright 2021.]]>1055american,ballad,entertainment,music,newyork,piano,publisher,records,sentimental,sheetmusic,show,songs,stage,tammany,tearjerkers,theatre,tinpanalley,tunes,unionsquare,vaudevillefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/oh-my-darling-clementine--47249978https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47249978Mon, 01 Nov 2021 01:05:21 +0000Riverbend StudiosLearn about this timeless American folk tune published in the 1880s.12571849,1880s,american,california,folksong,gold,goldmine,goldrush,heritage,miner,miner49er,mining,miningtown,minstrel,music,piano,sanfrancisco,tune,west,westernfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/extra-measure-tom-turpin-ragtime-composer-and-owner-of-the-rosebud--46805503
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