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Play Something Sweet

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PLAY SOMETHING SWEET with Patti Compton is a music history show that celebrates music and puts songs in historical context. Join host Patti Compton as she traces the history of American music through blues, jazz, country, rock, soul, punk, and more. In each show, Patti brings insight into the cultural influences that contributed to the music and plays a variety of well-known and lesser-known tracks. Listen in as we PLAY SOMETHING SWEET on KXFM. Thursdays at 4PM!

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Episode 3 - Troubadours 04.01.2022 1:02:49

Today we are immersing ourselves in the story of the Troubadours in Laurel Canyon as the country was recovering from the 1960s and singer-songwriters reflected the country's mood in the early 1970s. Music by Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Carole King.

Episode 2 - Motown 04.01.2022 1:02:43

This week's show discusses Motown and its influence on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Music by The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder.

Episode 1 - Early Blues 04.01.2022 59:14

In today's show, we trace the history of early blues, the foundation for all American music, as it rose up out of the fields of the Mississippi Delta during the time of slavery and sharecropping in the United States. Music by Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Son House, and Elizabeth Cotten.