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Blues America 148 - Marcia Ball
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Marcia Ball has been inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame and her latest studio effort on Chicago’s famous Alligator records is called...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East, WLPR , KMUW, WART FM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 12
Blues America 147 - Nick Moss Band
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Nick Moss is a Chicago blues veteran with 10 albums under his belt. In 2018, he teamed with longtime friend, harmonica ace Dennis Grueling to relea...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 12
Blues America 146 - Shawn Holt
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Shawn Holt is an international blues star who carries on the tradition and family legacy of his father, the legendary Magic Slim.

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 11
Blues America 145 - Louisiana Red
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Louisiana Red is a downhome blues master who performed with an unabashed energy of raw emotion. In total, he recorded almost 50 albums during a car...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 16
Blues America 144 - Eddy Clearwater
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Known as the "Chief", the legendary blues icon performed from 1950 to 2018. He cut over 17 albums which earned him a Grammy nomination and a handfu...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
Blues America 143 - Sweet Pea Atkinson
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Famed sou-funk singer, Sweet Pea Atkinson of the 80's hitmakers Was (Not Was) releases his first solo studio effort in 30 years for Blue Note Recor...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:07
  • Purchases: 13
Blues America 142 - Johnny Tucker
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Westcoast blues great, Johnny Tucker talks about the release of his first studio effort in over a decade called, ‘Seven Day Blues’ on the High John...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 13
Blues America 141 - Johnny Rawls
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Johnny Rawls released his latest studio effort for Cat Food Records called "Waiting for the Train." Rawls carries on the soul-blues tradition of pe...

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  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 14
Blues America 138 - Anson Funderburgh & Stephanie Tice
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Anson Funderburgh is a blues guitar master who is best known as the band leader for the Texas hallmarks Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. Recently...

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  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 13
Blues America 136 - Mojo Mark
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Mojo Mark Cihlar has been a fixture of the Chicago blues scene for over 30 years. From the well-known to the obscure, he’s played with so many grea...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 11
Blues America 135 - Kenny Neal
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Kenny Neal stands tall among the younger generation of blues players. His trademark brand of blues, featuring a combination of Louisiana swamp blue...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
The businesswomen with high hopes for the cannabis industry
From: Stevie Hertz
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Women-owned businesses generated over $1.6 trillion in sales in 2017, but they still make up less than 2/5ths of all privately held companies. But,...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
Boston’s Skippy White – A Vinyl Life
From: Brian Coleman
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
Blues America 135 - Curtis Salgado
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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With a career spanning forty years, award-winning soul, blues and R&B star, Curtis Salgado is a one-of-a-kind talent whose music is as compelling a...

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 10
Race & The Media: 50 Years After the Kerner Report
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Original collage art by Damon Davis
Narratives around people of color added fire to the social unrest of the late 1960s. In this episode of Generation Justice, we look at the Kerner R...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 45:27
Blues America 133 - Bernard Allison
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Blues guitar ace, Bernard Allison marks his return to Ruf records with “Let It Go”, another solid studio album to his already distinguished recordi...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 12
The Year of the Black Superhero: Black Lightning Strikes
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Cress Williams at 2018 San Diego Comic Con
This package features a short music bed before and after the piece. It looks at the rise of Black Lightning and why the time has arisen now, the re...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:32
Blues America 130 - Billy Flynn
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Billy Flynn is a Delmark recording artist who is known as one of the top guitarist on the blues and jazz scene. In addition to his own studio proje...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blues America 129 - QuiQue Gomez
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Crooner and harmonica ace, Quique Gómez hails from Madrid and has spread his authentic Chicago blues all over the world.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 10
Experts push for more African-Americans in STEM fields
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Doctor Scott Williams, African American mathematician retired from the Unviersit at Buffalo, discusses what it's like working as an African American in the STEM field., Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Great Lakes states have produced several influential African-Americans in the sciences. There’s astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – he’s from New ...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
Blues America 126 - Billy Preston
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Despite his amazing legacy, Billy Preston is nearly forgotten in the mainstream and is not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Author Steve Bergsman d...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Global Fight for Climate Justice and against Environmental Injustice with Jacqui Patterson Director of Environmental & Climate Justice at the NAACP
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Global Fight for Climate Justice and against Environmental Injustice with Jacqui Patterson Director of Environmental & Climate Justice at the N...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blues America 124 - Preston Shannon
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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The late great Preston Shannon is internationally recognized as the King of Beale Street. He gained international recognition during the 90’s after...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 9
Blues America 122 - Rewind Show
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Before closing the book on 2017, we rewind the tape to hear what the year sounded like with some of the best interview segments packed into one sho...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 6
Blues America 122 - Rick Estrin
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Wildly fun, musically fearless and bursting with bravado, Alligator recording artists Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have created one of the blues’ mo...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 8

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