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Caption: Art Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), Credit: Blue Note Records
ART BLAKEY known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina was a Jazz drummer and a pioneer of Be-bop and modern Jazz. This one hour program is an introduction...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 52:24
  • Purchases: 3
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Rodriguez was a music legend in South Africa, but it took 25 years for him to find out.

Bought by Prairie Public, WORT, Harford Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
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The volunteer choral group, Evensong, specializes in singing the last music their audience will ever hear.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Music Box art and sound installation
This radio documentary is about the Music Box art and sound installation located in the Bywater Neighborhood of New Orleans. It blends the sounds o...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hugh Oliver
If you have ever given up on a dream, or think you're too old to start something new, you might think again after hearing this episode of happy...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Staten Island 2011
A lot of teenagers want to make it big as artists--whether acting in movies, singing ballads on American Idol, or making it in the hip hop world. T...

Bought by KSFR, Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
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In this hour-long special from WQXR and WNYC, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illus...

Bought by WVIK, WXPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 187
Caption: Sheet Music Cover
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
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He was one of the pioneers of jazz on the violin. Though largely self taught, his career lasted some 77 years, and he recorded hundred of albums. p...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
Caption: Ashford & Simpson
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Nigel Chase spent much of his youth learning the art of making and playing steel drums with his father. Nigel now makes a living making pans, playi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KLCC, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Susie Ibarra
“I understand Filipino Kulintang, it's melodic phrasing, how it moves linearly, very similar to how perhaps bebop moves in jazz…there’s a lot of si...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 10:53
  • Purchases: 4
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Program I: Origins How did a Harvard-educated boy become a radical, hitchhiking, banjo-playing, political activist? Program I explores Seeger’s you...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUNM, KZYX, KGLP, WOWD and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 52:40
  • Purchases: 27
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Billy Taylor played with the best in the business. But his contributions to jazz went far beyond the bandstand.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: The Five Stairsteps & Cubie (1969)
PART A (1st hour) of Volume #1 of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr. and...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:04
Caption: Comanchero - Boston-based Americana Jam Band
The Americana music scene is thriving in New England, with a growing fan base and musicians alike. Boston has been a particular hot spot, with a g...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 17
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack heads out to Rollie's Rednecks and Longnecks in St Cloud not to ride the mecha...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 1
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A look back at the last Bob Marley & The Wailers concert (Pittsburgh - Sep 23, 1980) with previously unavailable live recordings and exclusive inte...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
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An audio documentary about the musical partnership in West Baltimore between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Lockerman Bundy Elementary School.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie
The Five Stairsteps, The 5 Stairsteps & Cubie, The Stairsteps, The Invisible Mans Band and Keni Burke are the First Family of Soul. They performed ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WUFT, WUFT, KPIP-LP, WJAB and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Chicago drummer, Joel Styzens, thought his career as a musician was over when he was diagnosed with hyperacusis and tinnitus. In this profile, Joel...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 1