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The Great Migration that Changed America - Isabel Wilkerson
From: Open Source
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Isabel Wilkerson is the epic tale teller of the Great Migration of Southern black people that remade America — sound, substance and spirit — in the...

Bought by KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Blues Unlimited #105 - Memphis Blues Legends of the 1920s & '30s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Clockwise, from top left: Frank Stokes, also referred to as "Creator of the Memphis Blues;" Gus Cannon listens to his Stax LP (photo by Bob Williams); Furry Lewis, 1976 (photo by Barney Sellers).
From classic ensembles like Cannon's Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band to great slide guitar masters like Furry Lewis and Bukka White to the ri...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, WSLR, WUCF, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Blues Unlimited #104 - The Blues Revival of the 1960s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: The hands of Big Joe Williams. Photo by Joe Alper, 1964.
Join us as we take a look at the "Blues Revival" period of the 1960s -- a magical time of rebirth, rediscovery, and forgotten Blues legends of the ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WJSU, KHNS, KTRL, WUCF and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Amy Beach, December 27, 1944
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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So ... who was Amy Beach? Simply one of the greatest American composers many of us have never heard.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Live Feed Presents: Pepe Willie of 94 East and The Cookhouse Five
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Marcy Invgoldstad, Pepe Willie, Kristie Lazenberry of 94 East, Credit: www.94eastmpls.com
Today on the live feed we have an incredible interview via phone with Pepe Willie of the band 94 East. Pepe Willie has worked and collaborated with...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 53:05
"Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Producer Dred-Scott Keyes converses with photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker and her husband, writer Jeff Walker about their collaboration in producin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and WGDR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 2
Folklorist Brian McCaulay Brings Voice to Logging Legacy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: The Forest History Center bunkhouse, Credit: MN Historical Society
Meet 1900 logger and troubador Boston McBride, a character of Forest History Center interpreter Brian McCaulay.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
Native Vibes radio-contemporary edition
From: Charles Shoots The Enemy
Caption: M.C. Chaz broadcasting from home
Native Vibes radio contemporaty edition, keeping the music and story alive from the original people of North America...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
Selling Texas Kitsch at SXSW
From: Michael Lee
Caption: Boots at Allen's Boots in South Austin, Credit: Nathan Bernier
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Chieftains: San Patricio
From: Joyride Media
Caption: The Chieftains and Ry Cooder, Credit: Judith Burrows
The Chieftains and Ry Cooder present the history behind their collaboration inspired by The St Patrick's Battalion of Irish-born soldiers in the Me...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
Return to Camelot PT. 2
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
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As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
The Warsaw Village Band
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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Feet in Two Worlds and Polish Daily News reporter Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska recently produced an audio profile of the innovative Polish musical group, ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:27
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • Purchases: 1
Bill Monroe Special
From: WAMU
Series: Special Programming
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Featuring Del McCoury [http://www.delmccouryband.com/], David Peterson of David Peterson and 1946 [http://www.1946band.com/], Phil Nusbaum [http://...

Bought by KHNS and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2009
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Making Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on the most pivotal person who was instrumental to his music development.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6
10 Greats You've Probably Never Heard
From: KUT
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Think you know music? NPR music critic Tom Moon has found ten artists you probably don't know...but should.

Bought by KLCC, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 55:16
  • Purchases: 3
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Our Berlin
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
Caption: Anna and Asha
Berlin is huuuuuge and has 1,000 faces - and a voice called Asha, with her Radijojo Song! We would like to present our Berlin to you.

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 1
Psychadelllic 60's and 70's
From: colin stuhr
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Young musicians' take on 60's and 70's music.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 07:58
"Before The Legend: The Rise Of Bob Marley"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Produced by Dred Scott Keyes, "Before The Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley", this entertaining and informational interview/music mix with author Chr...

Bought by WNCU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WCPN


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1 - the 18th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in the years before and just after the Revolution

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2 - the 19th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in American in the 19th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3 - the 20th Century
From: Richard Paul
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Classical music in American in the 20th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:51
  • Purchases: 1
70th anniversary of "Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night)
From: Arndt Peltner
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11/9 is the 70th anniversary of the "Kristallnacht"

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Golden Days and Friendly Faces
From: WMUK
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Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3

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