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Putting The Passion Back Into Compassion (With Sam Corbin)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people’s eyes whe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS Special Guest Host LUKE BURBANK

Bought by KUT and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 213
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NBA star Brian Grant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
NBA Star BRIAN GRANT Writer & Artist NICOLE GEORGES Musical Guests THE DANDY WARHOLS Special Guest Host LUKE BURBANK

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, 90.5 WESA, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Gospel Ranger
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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One of the last songs that Johnny Cash recorded before he died was called, “There Ain’t No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down).”

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WABE, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 198 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Peter Ames Carlin Author of Bruce: Biography of Bruce Springsteen, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author PETER AMES CARLIN, Filmmaker CHEL WHITE and musical guest EZZA ROSE

Bought by KUT, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 198 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Peter Ames Carlin Author of Bruce: Biography of Bruce Springsteen, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author PETER AMES CARLIN, Filmmaker CHEL WHITE and musical guest EZZA ROSE

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Staying True To Yourself (with Karisa Wilson
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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In this episode of Soulseeds Radio, host Ian Lawton is joined by original singer-songwriter Karisa Wilson to explore the quintessential courage it ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • 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
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 203 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Sexologist Cheryle Cohen Greene, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHERYL COHEN GREENE - Sexologist & Author MATTHEW DICKMAN - Poet CHRISTINE MCKINLEY - Writer, Musician, Mechanical Engineer PURE BATHING CULTURE...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Doo-wop Christmas!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: A Doo-wop Christmas, Credit: http://www.ehobbytools.com/
This is a one hour Christmas music show featuring classics from the 1950's and the 1960's. The program is divided into three sets to allow space fo...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, WJAB, WVAS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:12
  • Purchases: 11
KUT's Views and Brews: Thelonious Monk and The Art of Hesitation
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk is an original and unique voice in the shaping and the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano play...

Bought by KVMR and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
99% Invisible #56- Frozen Music (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Composer Jon Brion reminds us the difference between a performance and a song.

Bought by ABC, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 20
Chicago Noodles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sterling Clarinet, Credit: http://www.clarinetpages.net
Among the many names adopted for the clarinet during the early years of jazz, the “noodle” is possible the most catchy. Feature are Johnny Dodds, B...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
KUT's Views and Brews: Charles Mingus and The Art of Enigma
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Charles Mingus
Join us for lively discussion and great live music as KUT's Rebecca McInroy and rabbi Neil Blumofe take a look back at the life and artistry of the...

Bought by Radio Catskill and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 182 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Songwriter/Author Storm Large, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
STORM LARGE - Singer, songwriter, author SUSAN SALADOFF - Documentary filmmaker

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUOW, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
SITPE # 1227
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Geographical progressions, Steppenwolf and the Lizard King.

Bought by KWMR, KHNS, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Music of the Brass Angel: John Coltrane
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane
This musical introduction to the music of JOHN COLTRANE contains six songs and is one hour in length. It is divided into three segments which allow...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSRQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 50:03
  • Purchases: 3
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE with JERRY MARTINI Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Sly & the Family Stone with Jerry Martini, Credit: Epic Records 1968
Original and founding member of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE'S JERRY MARTINI talks about the history of the group and his new cover band THE FAMILY STONE...

Bought by Raven Radio and KMUW


  • Added: Apr 08, 2012
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
Hip Hop Dedication
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Coming Up in 2011
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
Live Wire! Radio Episode 161-Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Pulitzer Prize- winning Author Isabel Wilkserson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Graphic Novelist Craig Thompson, Pulitzer Prize winning Author Isabel Wilkerson, Musical guest Stephanie Schneiderman w/ chorus and string quartet.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Be My Valentine!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics. This will be a wonderful addition to your spec...

Bought by KREV-LP and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 50:54
  • Purchases: 2
SITPE # 1151
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Stuck with the hermit at Yuletide again.

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMXT, KSRQ, KWMR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get: Ron Banks/The Dramatics (Part Two)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Dramatics (with Ron Banks bottom left)
Interview with RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CLINTON, TH...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 55:22
  • Purchases: 1
Stephane Grappelli, December 1, 1997
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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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