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Mississippi Blues Project: Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Credit: Mike Lynch
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean in concert in Philadelphia

Bought by WSLR, WNMU-FM, KMUN, WHRV, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Mississippi Blues Project: Cedric Burnside Project; Big George Brock
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Cedric Burnside
The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock, in concert at The Philadelphia Folk Festival

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
James Brown:The Hardest Working Man in Show Businessl (Live Recordings)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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James Brown is one of the most recognizance and important figures in modern music during our lifetime. During this program we will explore some of ...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, and WJAB


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 5
James Brown: Soul Brother #1 (the 1960s)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: James Brown (1960s)
During the 1960s James Brown was known as Soul Brother #1. This was a title that no one else in Soul music, R& or Pop would or could claim. This p...

Bought by WUFT, CI Dolphin Radio, KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Rock and Revolution
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Associate professor Patrick Burke reveals how musicians in the 1960s, including the rock band the Godz, resisted predetermined categories and simpl...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 14:00
Jazz-O-Rama #31: "The 78s of Illinois Jacquet"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered 78s of Illinois Jacquet on The Jazz-O-Rama , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Illinois Jacquet is presented on the 31th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 2
“Framed, Captured and Gagged: State Repression of Black Radicals in the 1960's”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this first of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Performing ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Lucy Parsons
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Lucy Parsons fought tirelessly and effectively for the rights of political prisoners, people of color, workers, the homeless and women.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:33
Laura Smith Haviland
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After the Civil War, Haviland became a one-woman cyclone of activity, organizing refugee camps and establishing schools, volunteering as a teacher ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
(Ball & Chain)The Musical story of Big Mama Thornton
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Willie Mae "BIG MAMMA" THORNTON was a Blues singer, musician and songwriter. She had a short life and is best known for the songs "Hound Dog" and "...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 3
Soul Serenade (A Tribute to King Curtis)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: King Curtis
This is a one hour musical program on the legacy of saxophonist KING CURTIS.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WJAB, and WVAS


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:16
  • Purchases: 3
From The Roots Came The Rapper (A Tribute to Joe Tex)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: Joe Tex "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" 1966 45 rpm picture sleeve, Credit: Atlantic Records
Joseph Arrington, Jr. better known as "JOE TEX", was one of the greatest soul singers in history. His style was different from a James Brown, a Wil...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, and KHNS


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:54
  • Purchases: 5
Susie King Taylor
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Taylor made the cut as an in-your-face woman because she had the brass to go to secret schools as a child and then pass along what she learned as t...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:24
Mamie Till
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Till used the broken body of her only child to give an entire nation a much needed object lesson.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
Nzingha
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Nzingha formed an alliance with the Dutch and spent the rest of her days leading troops into battle against them.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
Florynce Kennedy
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
Remember the Bird! (The Music of Charlie Parker)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps
CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 50:43
  • Purchases: 1
Our Father Who: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messangers (An Introduction)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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
Steve Edwards Soul Show (20) Musical Tributes To Donna Summer & Chuck Brown Plus New Music from Carlos Santana! HR1 & 2
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
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This edition continues to display the best soul music on the planet with musical tributes to the late Donna Summer and Washington DC`s godfather of...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:49
Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series Edition (6)-Soul , Funk & Civil Rights! HR1
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Host/Producer, Credit: Steve Edwards
A Twist of Soul , Funk and Civil Rights is the story of Edition 6 of The Steve Edwards Soul Show. It is a musical tribute the the artists that laid...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
A Story of the Black Soldier
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This is a music program honoring the history of the African American soldier through song. The program includes three individual sets, and includ...

Bought by WCVE, WEMU, WJAB, WJSU, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:18
  • Purchases: 8
The Ashford & Simpson Story (Celebrating the Life of Nicholas Ashford) Part #2
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
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 WDET Detroit Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 56:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Bowl of Soul Celebrates The Life and Legacy of Michael Jackson Part I
From: Terry Ferguson
Series: A Bowl of Soul - A Mixed Stew of Soul Music
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This is a show dedicated to the memory and music of Michael Jackson when he was at Motown singing with the Jackson Five as well as solo. A Bowl of ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2011
  • Length: 50:17
The Black Experience
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Caption: Dr. Della Taylor Hardman
Dr. Della Taylor Hardman made it her mission to talk to influential and promising African Americans inside and outside of West Virginia. Her interv...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WDDE, WJAB, KWMR, WEMU and more


  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:00
  • Purchases: 10
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Part 3
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Credit: http://www.mazemuze.com/
Interview with ROAME, who is a founding member of MAZE featuring Frankie Beverly about the history of the group.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Mar 21, 2010
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 1