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From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021

Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KALW

EP224 Eric Bibb

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.

Bought by WLPR

Origin Stories

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

How race was invented to support racism.

EP223 Lightnin' Slim

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Otis Hicks was a somewhat unsung Louisiana blues man who was an inspiration to another Louisianan who would one day become world famous!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR

EP220 Joe "Guitar" Hughes

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

A great Blues musician who deserves recognition for his contribution to the genre.

Bought by WLPR

EP216 Hubert Sumlin

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

He was ranked as #43 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. That is a great legacy to leave behind.

Bought by WLPR

EP213 Magic Slim

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Magic Slim and the Teardrops stayed true to the sound of Chicago Blues

Bought by WLPR and WLPR

EP212 Luther Allison

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Luther Allison took Blues to a new level, yet stayed true to it's roots.

Bought by WLPR and WLPR

EP206 Jessie Mae Hemphill

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).

Bought by WLPR

EP205 A.C. Reed

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Aaron Corthen was more commonly known in the Blues music world as A.C. Reed and was heard on countless recordings as a contributing saxophone player.

Bought by WLPR

EP202 Joe Louis Walker

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

A performing artist for over 6 decades, Joe Louis Walker is one who is due some recognition.

Bought by WLPR

EP196 Salute to Chicago Blues Masters

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.

Bought by WLPR

EP192 Veterans of the Blues

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.

Nelson, Dr. Alondra: "Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome"

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

This program was recorded on February 19, 2016. Who we are and where we come from is a crucial question that now we are more able to answer than e...

EP190 Lightnin' Hopkins 1959

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WLPR

EP184 Masters of Modern Blues Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

An historical recording with an amazing lineup of musicians from Chicago.

Bought by WLPR

EP179 Memphis Minnie

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Tribute to one of Blues music's great contributors, Memphis Minnie.

EP175 Hip Linkchain

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Hip Linkchain/Lankchan was a first rate Chicago Blues musician whom is due recognition for his part in the American Blue scene.

Bought by WLPR

Jason Berry: Sleuth

From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out

Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

EP172 Lowell Fulson

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Lowell Fulson was a blues icon with a great history and is still an influence today to many blues musicians.

EP170 Pee Wee Crayton

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

The first electric Blues artist to use a Fender Stratocaster given to him by Leo Fender himself.

Bought by WLPR

EP168 Blues in the Mississippi Night by Alan Lomax

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...