America's Popular Music

Artie Shaw

Broadcasts

English · Music, Radio

America's Popular Music presents a broadcast associated with bandleader and clarinetist Artie Shaw. The title points to popular music from the late 1930s, with Shaw as its featured musical figure.

As a radio music program, it offers a chance to hear the sound and style of the period through a broadcast centered on popular music. Shaw's clarinet and his work as a bandleader place the program in the swing-era musical world, where instrumental performance and dance-band arrangements were central attractions.

The listening experience is rooted in the polished, energetic character of big-band music. Shaw's distinctive clarinet playing gives the program a clear musical focus, making it a snapshot of American popular music in the years when swing was widely heard on radio.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.