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Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 1
Join us — on our 150th episode! — as we pay tribute to one of the real unsung heroes of Chicago Blues, guitarist Eddie Taylor. He worked and record...
- Added: Jul 13, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take a look at the small but mighty Chief label, out of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1957 by entrepreneur Mel London, it was only in...
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
On our annual Gospel Show, "Brother Hawkins" takes the reins as we aim the spotlight on some of our favorite guitar-slinging ladies of Gospel music...
- Added: Jun 28, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us for some terrific Down Home Country Blues from Specialty Records. In addition to Frankie Lee Sims and Clifton Chenier — two of our all-time...
- Added: Jun 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Join us for part two of our new and ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, we’ll aim the spotlight on Texas and the Gulf Co...
- Added: May 24, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us for the launch of a new and ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, our focus will be on the Eastern Seaboard, with ...
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we finish up our tribute to the "The Blues," a series of five LPs issued by Chess Records in the mid 1960s. We’ll hear classics from Mud...
- Added: May 11, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a classic series of LPs from Chess Records. Simply called "The Blues," they issued five volumes between 1963 and...
- Added: May 05, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take another trip down to the land of the Hammond B3. We’ll hear some killer grooves and hot rockers from some of our old favorites l...
- Added: Apr 27, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we journey to the Queen City of the South, Charlotte, North Carolina, to hear some of the rich blues and heavenly gospel that was record...
- Added: Apr 19, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us as we pay tribute to one of the all time greatest harmonica players, Big Walter Horton. Making his first recordings with Sam Phillips in Me...
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Almost all experts agree that the Jesus of the Bible is a cmoposite of myth, legend, and some historical evidence. So what can we know of the rel J...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 07, 2014
- Length: 28:35
- Purchases: 1
We’ve been digging through the archives to bring you this special "best of" encore presentation. This time around, it's a whole bunch of hot rocker...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the legendary field recordings of David Evans. An intrepid researcher, most of what he captured in the mid 60s a...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WJSU, KRPS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Mar 30, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us for a tribute to keyboard legend Big Maceo Merriweather. Although his recorded legacy is not all that large, he left an indelible mark in t...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on Bill Quinn’s legendary Gold Star record label. Founded in Houston in the late 1940s, he recorded some of the cre...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on independent record producer, Bobby Robinson. Not only could he lay claim to a legendary series of labels — such ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
We've taken a whole great gob of our favorite down home country blues harmonica blowers, and lined them up for one incredible episode we're calling...
- Added: Feb 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we celebrate the good times, with songs about drinking and having fun. With music on tap from Ike Turner, J.B. Lenoir, John Lee Hooker, ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we take another look at some of our favorite artists — some of them synonymous with the very concept of "Postwar Electric Blues" — and f...
- Added: Feb 09, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for part two of our look at the blues in Saint Louis from the 1920s and '30s, this time focusing on the piano players. We’ll hear from popu...
- Added: Feb 01, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for a look at Saint Louis, where the country blues meet the city. Over the years, some critics have claimed it was the place where prewar b...
- Added: Jan 25, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2