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The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #634 - 4th of July: R&B Food Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
What’s more American than celebrating America’s birthday with some good ol’ red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this special (offered this month of June - A...

Bought by WJCT, KUNM, KGOU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (2 HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this three hour special (offered this month ...

Bought by KMUW, KUNM, KGOU, WGBH Radio Boston, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Hour 12: Beyond Each Shining Sea
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
Caption: Host Al Jarreau and producer Jacquie Gales Webb, Credit: Jacquie Gales Webb
Jazz music is an indigenous American art form, but if you listen closely you will hear elements of Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Carribean...

Bought by KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WJCT and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 20
Hour 10: On the Road and In the Club
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singers tell it like it really is. Today's singers and yesterday's tell of their experiences, joys, trials and tribulations performing this mo...

Bought by KECG, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WMPG and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 9: It's Our World...Sometimes
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singing has always benefited from the innovations and sensitivity of women...from trailblazers Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaugh...

Bought by KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WMUH and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 21
Episode #628 - Art Rupe & Specialty Records, Pt. 3 - 1953-56
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 20...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KNCT FM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Hour 7: Scat, Bebop, Vocalese, and the Voice as an Instrument
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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With comments from Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Murphy, and Kurt Elling, this program will trace the evolution of the in...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFIU, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 3: Straight Out of the Church
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From early spirituals to gospel to blues to jazz, singing as an expression of deep emotion evolved, with the various strains blending into each oth...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WRTI, WMUH and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 2: Saturday Night Function
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz was born amidst revelry and ribaldry. Jazz vocals have, from the beginning, dealt with the earthier side of life. Artists such as Dakota Stato...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, WFIU, WRTI and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 25
Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 30
Episode #627 - Art Rupe & Specialty Records, Pt. 2 - 1950-53
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 20...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KNCT FM, WHRV, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #626 - Art Rupe and Specialty Records, Pt. 1 - 1945-50
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 20...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida, WMUH and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 13
UpFront Soul #2022.15-April 12-18, 2022
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Gil Scott-Heron
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by WOMR, KAAD-LP, RADIOLEX, KCHW, KSTK and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
Episode #617 - Roy Byrd aka Professor Longhair
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than with the “Grandaddy of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues”? That, cats & kittens, is Henry Roeland Byrd, aka R...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KMXT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #616 - New Orleans R&B, Pt. 3 - 1955-57
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Get ready for Carnival with part 3 of "Juke In The Back"'s 3 part series on the great, influential and infectious music that came out of New Orlean...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #615 - New Orleans R&B, Pt. 2 - 1953-55
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Get ready for Carnival with part 2 of "Juke In The Back"'s 3 part series on the great, influential and infectious music that came out of New Orlean...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Epidode #614 - New Orleans R&B, Pt. 1 - 1940-53
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Get ready for Carnival as the "Juke In The Back" begins a 3 part series on the great, influential and infectious music that came out of New Orleans...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 22-07: Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie, 2/7/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KRVS, WDDE, WVIA, WPVM 103.7, WILL and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21

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