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Each year, Bullseye looks back on the year in stand-up comedy by presenting listeners with an annual end of year stand-up comedy showcase!

A tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods, with music from Joe Pass, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and more. Join us for the quiet, reflective side of classic jazz Christmas melodies

Top music writers and educators to lay out an exhibition of just some of the Motown great Smokey Robinson’s top tracks, as a performer and as a writer.

In this program you will the hear the African music roots of famed American blues and rock 'n' roll artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, the Isley Brothers, Robert Johnson, The Kingsmen and many more.

In this episode, we hear about Billie's early life in Baltimore and how she absorbed recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters.

In this episode, we explore Billie Holiday's recordings with the great big bands of the era including the members Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, and Duke Ellington

The story of how Billie added the controversial song "Strange Fruit" to her repertoire early in her career and kept singing it until the end of her life.

Three themes Billie Holiday explored throughout her career include unrequited love, abusive lovers and her being unlucky in love.

This episode explores how Billie Holiday's voice changed, evolved, and developed throughout her career.

Episode one is an overview of the series from Billie's early years in Baltimore, continuing through her life, and diving into her last recordings and tragic early death at the age of 44.