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This Week in Blues History #13 - June 24-30

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Saunders King and Elder Utah Smith — two early pioneers of the electric guitar.

Added: Mar 22, 2018
Length: 03:29

Invisible Founders (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison. Justin Reid tell...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more

Added: Feb 23, 2018
Length: 53:53
Purchases: 11

Invisible Founders (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison. Justin Reid tell...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, WVAS, KRZA and more

Added: Feb 23, 2018
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 8

NL 17-41: From Man To Myth: Thelonious Monk, Part 1, 10/2/2017

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.

Added: Sep 29, 2017
Length: 59:00

Stanley Clarke - always reinventing jazz

From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives

Bassist Stanley Clarke helped invent jazz-rock fusion, and he's continuing to keep the music fresh.

Added: Jul 27, 2017
Length: 07:00

Black History Special! "Hughes' Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook"

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more

Added: Jun 29, 2017
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 11

Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. II

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics

Caption: Florence Price, Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price

This is a classical music program highlighting composers and musicians of African descent. This is one part of a limited music series.

Bought by KWAX and WNMU-FM

Added: May 17, 2016
Length: 01:02:29
Purchases: 2

Rock and Roll in Black and White (feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

These days, rock and roll is dominated by white musicians but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says that many early rock stars were black. Allison ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Feb 05, 2016
Length: 03:28
Purchases: 3

Rock and Roll in Black and White (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

-Rock and Roll started out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre, a...

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUD and more

Added: Feb 05, 2016
Length: 53:56
Purchases: 10

Rock and Roll in Black and White (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

-Rock and roll tarted out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre. -I...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, KVSC, WLIW and more

Added: Feb 05, 2016
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 7

Jazz and Civil Rights

From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials

How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPSQ-LP, WCSU-FM and more

Added: Jan 21, 2016
Length: 53:51
Purchases: 17

The King of the Blues: The Music of B.B. King

From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES

The great B.B. King passed away on May 14, 2015. He was one of the greatest Blues entertainers of all time. B.B. King’s recording career began in 1...

Bought by WJAB

Added: May 30, 2015
Length: 57:58
Purchases: 1

Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features

Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14

Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Jan 26, 2015
Length: 09:29
Purchases: 1

Multi Ethnic Theater: Finding common ground through theater

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Cast of Multi Ethnic Theater's "Jitney"

In the garage of a house in San Francisco’s Excelsior district, rehearsal is underway. In the space where a car would normally go is a stage set: a...

Added: Oct 27, 2014
Length: 07:15

Centerstage Minnesota: Southwire

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota

Caption: Southwire at Tycoon's in Duluth, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 4/20/13

A new band out of Duluth, Southwire, while drawing from some well established musical traditions, are operating in the realm of invention. When you...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ

Added: Sep 05, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

The Bright and Dark Sides of Chicago's Riverview Park

From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City

Caption: Aladdin's Castle, Credit: Chuck Wlodarcyk

Investigating a historic Chicago amusement park.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Sep 04, 2013
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 1

Ratatat Man – The little drummer boy comes of age.

From: WNIN

Fill out your holiday schedule with this contemporary radio drama.

Bought by WUKY, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WUKY, MPR News Stations, WUKY and more

Added: Nov 19, 2012
Length: 54:42
Purchases: 9

“Being Black and Green: African-Americans & the Environment” (encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Oakland, CA Scraper krew, Credit: flickr user vkdir

African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCSU-FM

Added: Aug 13, 2012
Length: 29:02
Purchases: 2

99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

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

Added: Feb 15, 2012
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 15

Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. III

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show

Caption: Michael Jackson - Bad, Credit: Sony

The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

Added: Nov 30, 2011
Length: 55:13

Simeon Taylor Webb (Casey Jones' Fireman), July 13, 1957

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

Who was Sim Webb? Well, fifty-seven years earlier, April of 1900, he was the man who lived. It happened like this ...

Added: Jul 04, 2011
Length: 03:00

The Man Who Recorded the World - Alan Lomax

From: Open Source

Caption: Alan Lomax with unidentified man. [Library of Congress photo]

Open Source "Shorties" are 7 to 8 minute cuts of our best timely and evergreen material. Today, we're joining biographer John Szwed in thanking the...

Bought by PRX Remix, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and Louisville Public Media