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Come with us to the legendary Key West for conversations about creativity on two live streaming Fresh Art International radio shows. This cultural ...
- Added: Apr 24, 2018
- Length: 51:23
This time we profile Ruth Brown, one of the biggest R&B singers of the 1950s, who first hit the top of the Billboard charts, this week in 1950.
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile The Howlin’ Wolf, who made his debut on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951.
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who first recorded with an electric guitar, this week in 1941.
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Professor Longhair, who first recorded a beloved Mardi Gras classic, this week in 1949.
- Added: Apr 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Henry Thomas, whose two dozen recordings for Vocalion, made in the late 1920s, hark back to a time before the blues.
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Miami Marine Stadium inspires this tale of modernist architecture and Biscayne Bay, of speedboats and rock stars, of skateboarding, street art and ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 46:07
This time, we profile harmonica ace Junior Wells — who was in the studio laying down some classic tracks for Delmark Records, this week in 1965.
- Added: Apr 08, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Little Richard and Specialty Records owner Art Rupe, who, at first anyway, wasn’t too impressed by Little Richard.
- Added: Apr 06, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile blues piano mystery man, Black Bob — who was in the studio this week with Memphis Minnie, in 1935.
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Wynonie Harris, who hit the top of the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts with "Good Rockin' Tonight," this week in 1948.
- Added: Mar 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Woodrow Adams, who made his recording debut in Memphis, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:29
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin gets caught in the middle of a hostage situation in 7 Days in Entebbe.
Bought by Harford Community Radio, WSGE, and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
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
On Miami Beach, we meet American writer Kurt Andersen. Besides writing novels, he has opined on America’s political landscape for The New York Time...
- Added: Mar 15, 2018
- Length: 14:20
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 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 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 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 time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
In this conversation, we talk about how the island country of Haiti has long inspired contemporary art, books and films and how the cultural comple...
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 53:28
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins the battle between politics and press in Steven Spielberg's The Post.
- Added: Jan 12, 2018
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin fights for survival with the grandson of the world's wealthiest man in All the Money in the World.
Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WLPR
- Added: Dec 24, 2017
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 3
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the early days of a legendary leader in Darkest Hour.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Dec 21, 2017
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin takes to the ice with Margot Robbie in I, Tonya.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Dec 08, 2017
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
