Playlist:

Hungarian Rag - New York Military Band

King Chanticleer Rag Two-Step - National Promenade Band

The Oceana Roll - Billy Murray

Porcupine Rag - New York Military Band

The Music Box Rag - Jaudas Society Orchestra

St. Louis Tickle - Vess L. Osman

Old Timers' Waltz - Jaudas Society Orchestra

Afghanistan Fox Trot - Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra 

Dance-O-Mania - Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra

A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You - Mike Speciale and His Hotel Carlton Terrace Orchestra

Maple Leaf Rag - Fred Van Eps 

Dreamy Eyes - Vess L. Ossman

Ginger Two-Step - National Military Band

Clover Club - Imperial Marimba Band 

Clarinet Squack - Louisiana Five 

Chateau Three-Step - Jaudas Society Orchestra

Canary Cottage One-Step - Frisco Jazz Band

Bow-Wow One-Step - Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet 

Bo-La-Bo Egyptian Fox Trot - Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra 

Blue Rose Waltz - Jaudas Society Orchestra 

Blackthorn Stick Medley of Jigs - Charles D'Almaine

Aunty Skinner's Chicken Dinner One Step - Sisty and Seitz Banjo Orchestra

Anyday, Anytime, Anywhere - Green Brothers Novelty Band

Burning Kisses - Kaplan's Melodist 

Camouflage - New York Military Band

The Carnival One Step - Jaudas Society Orchestra

Cute Little Wigglin' Dance - Frisco Jazz Band

Egyptland Fox Trot - Green Brothers Novelty Band 

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.