WGXC-90.7 FM

The Blue Amberol Hour: Home Recordings (Rerun)

Dec 30, 2025: 12pm - 2pm
WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears

90.7-FM in NY's Upper Hudson Valley and wgxc.org/listen everywhere
http://www.wgxc.org/

Produced by Hali Palombo.

The Blue Amberol Hour is a program dedicated to one of the earliest forms of recorded media - the wax cylinder. You will hear roughly two carefully curated hours of rare wax cylinder recordings from the late 1800s and beyond that center around a particular theme - a time period, country, specific instrument, and more.

Hali Palombo is a composer, visual artist, filmmaker, shortwave radio enthusiast, and amateur historian from the Midwestern United States. Born in Northfield, Minnesota, she has had a natural curiosity about radio and the Midwestern United States from a young age. Her work often weaves the absurdity and mundane beauty of Illinois into her records, short films, drawings, and paintings.

Playlist:
  • Civil War / Guns N' Roses
  • Wander / Hali Palombo
  • Tower / Hali Palombo
  • Swimmer's Ear / Roy Orbitron
  • Brown Wax Business Dictation Recording / Death Is Not The End
  • Hoala / Ivan Gerlado Recas
  • Black Wax Home Recording of Banjo Duet / Death Is Not The End
  • Black Wax Home Recording of Brass Solo with Dog Howling and Man Whistling and Calling Muggsy / Death Is Not The End
  • Brown Wax Home Recording of Mother and Father Trying to Get 'billy out of Bed, Followed by Whistling Solo / Death Is Not The End