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This Week in Blues History #8 - May 20-26
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Woodrow Adams, who made his recording debut in Memphis, this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #7 - May 13-19
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Wilbert Harrison, who landed at the top of the R&B charts in 1959 — but created a headache for producer Bobby Robinson.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #6 - May 6-12
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile harmonica wizard Little Walter, who cut "the national anthem of blues harmonica," this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #5 - April 29-May 5
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we take a look at one historic day of recording — May 5th, 1937 — that changed the course of blues history.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #3 - April 15-21
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile Lightnin' Hopkins, who, in 1954, laid down some hard rocking sides for Herald Records.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #2 - April 8-14
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Etta James, who landed at the top of the Billboard R&B charts this week in 1955, with "The Wallflower."

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #1 - April 1-7
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Schubert Ensemble of London Farewell #1 18-01
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Schubert Ensemble of London play Quintet in A by Dvorak

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, KMXT, Rhythm & News Service, and KWAX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Episode #373 - Summertime R&B: 4th of July, Food & Baseball Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

Bought by KMXT, WRGY, WVTF, 90.5 WSNC, WOMR and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Martin Luther King, Jr (A Musical Remembrance)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This one hour musical program commemorates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The play-list consists of some of the world's greatest Jazz mus...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WNMU-FM, WORT, KTEP, KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:05:59
  • Purchases: 18
2016 Christmas in Appalachia
From: WNIN
Series: WNIN Regional Voices
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Renowned Irish fiddler Tony DeMarco leads a cast of musicians and dancers from "Green Grass to Bluegrass" in a live performance to celebrate the ho...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WNMU-FM, and WBAA


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Steel Pedal Self-Made Man
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
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Mark Erlewine may be known as the Luthier of the Stars, but his Austin workshopshop couldn't be more down to Earth. Hear the story of the man who m...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:29
How The Bard Meant It (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Searching for the way Shakespeare really sounded. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, KREV-LP, and KKRN


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
Aw Shucks...Oysters!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
James Brown:The Godfather of Soul
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: James Brown - In the Jungle Groove, Credit: Polydor Records
This is the best of JAMES BROWN from the 1970s and the FUNK! James Brown (Born: May 3, 1933, Barnwell, SC Died: December 25, 2006, Atlanta, GA) T...

Bought by KVNF, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, WVAS, and WJAB


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 5
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Mozart Comes to America
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: Mozart's own violin, in its case, Credit: Greg Shea
The violin and viola once owned by Mozart himself speak through the composer's music during the Boston Early Music Festival, thanks to the Salzburg...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WVIA, WDPR and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Sound of Early America
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Towns in the southern colonies had many residents who were slaves or free blacks., Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Remember the Bird! (The Music of Charlie Parker)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps
CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 50:43
  • Purchases: 1
Auto-Tune
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Auto-Tune has become an overwhelmingly familiar effect across nearly every genre.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Breaded Pork Tenderloin
From: Jon Kay
Series: Second Servings
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One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: :00
Bluegrass With Mustard 2011 11-20 1hr
From: Dan Sadowsky
Caption: Sundays 10am MT Aspenpublicradio.org
Three radio-magazine articles: A survey of "Home Sweet Home" and its unknown backstory; The goofy provenance of "Kansas City Kitty;" Meet Solomon B...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
Peary's Piano
From: J Holt
Caption: Jeanie Dorrington loads a scroll into Adm. Robert Peary's player piano, Credit: Jennifer Goff
Come along on a ride out to Eagle Island, Maine, and listen to the player piano that wintered in the Arctic over 100 years ago.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
Piano Red - Dr. Feelgood: The Music Makes You Feel Good
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Piano Red
Piano Red's music makes you tap your feet and smile.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:01