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Lost Sounds part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 2 of 3 focuses on how early African American recordings planted the seeds for several uniquely American music styles and for social equality.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
  • Purchases: 2
Lost Sounds Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 1 of 3 focuses on the techniques and content of the very earliest commercial recordings.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Little Walter
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Commentary & Career Retrospective on Little Walter, who was inducted into R&R Hall Of Fame

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
Rediscovering Religion at U.C. Berkeley
From: Berkeley J-School
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The Black Christian Ministry offers some UC Berkeley students a needed spiritual community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
WWOZ Street Talk- Jr. Zulu Mentoring Program
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Today we take a trip outside the city; to the mall with the Jr. Zulu, a youth mentoring program, to teach shoppers how to decorate the infamous Zu...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:55
Sweeping Statements by Judith Sloan
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Inside the Cultural Divide
Caption: Judith Sloan, Credit: photo Michael Premo, design Warren Lehrer
From YO MISS! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Volume 1, a play by Judith Sloan. WINNER FIRST PLACE 2008, Missouri Review Narrative Essay about...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 06:48
Traditional Marching Band Gone Hip-Hop
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Located in Baltimore, MD, Morgan State University's Marching Band dsplays its truly exceptional brand of band music blended with hip-hip hits

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 12:09
  • Purchases: 4
Sarah Vaughan: The Land Of Hi- Fi
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Theresa Orlando plays the album and highlights the liner notes of this jazz gem recorded on October 26 and 27 1955, in New York City.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 20:49
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
The Blind Boys of Alabama In Concert
From: WFUV
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The Blind Boys of Alabama perform a live concert at the Cutting Room in Manhattan.

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KMUW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 21
Cab Calloway Remembered
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Moran on Monk
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Pianist Jason Moran on Thelonious Monk

Bought by KVNF and KUT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Crash, Race and Taiwan
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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Learning about race relations in the U.S. from the Oscar-Award winning CRASH.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Max Roach--Drums Unlimited
From: Ben Shapiro
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Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil ...

Bought by WFIU, High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 47
Blues File: Jimmy Blythe
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Jimmy Blythe "Messin' Around Blues"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 7
Blues File: Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "Down 'N' Dirty" by Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
Can You Hear Me?
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"Can Your Hear Me?" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the history of conflict and coalition between Blacks and Jews in America. Claire Sc...

Bought by WORT, WWNO, WCPN, Talking Information Center, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Blues File: Adam Gussow "Journeyman's Road"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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interview with harmonica player and author Adam Gussow

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and WQJC


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
Matters of Love and Faith
From: Pauline Bartolone
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Audio Portrait of a Muslim Polygamous Family

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
Blues File: Philadelphia Jerry Ricks
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of life and music of Philadelphia Jerry Ricks

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 4
Dice-K's Red Sox Debut
From: KCUR
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Japanese media and fans follow Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's every move.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 23:03
Blues File: L. A. Blues Alliance
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of L. A. Blues Alliance album "What A Life"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
Global Echoes: Mbira Project Crew
From: Katie Burningham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Short feature about the Mbira, or African thumb piano, for BBC Radio Oxford

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
Blues File: Lurrie Bell
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review Lurrie Bell "Let's Talk About Love"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Nappy Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Nappy Brown album "Long Time Coming"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 4

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