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Hanging Out with Royalty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #648 - The Ravens
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" features The Ravens, an R&B vocal group that set the stage for all the groups that would follow. With Jimmy Ricks' bass lead...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KSRQ, KJZX-Austin, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Revisiting Afro-Dominican Filmmaker Loira Limbal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Loira Limbal, Credit: Erin Patrice O’Brien
Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #647 - Excello Records
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
Drop a nickel in the ol' Rockola Juke as Matt The Cat dedicates the entire hour to the great little Nashville R&B label, Excello Records. From The ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #646 - The Vocalese Musical Phenomenon
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
Vocalese is a musical sub-genre of Jazz and R&B that burst on the scene in 1952 and was practically gone by 1954. Before it departed, King Pleasure...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KSRQ, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #645 - Motown Artists BEFORE Motown
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 entire "Juke In The Back" this week features Motown's biggest acts, BEFORE there even was a Motown Records and before those acts were household...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #644 - Richard Barrett (The Valentines)
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
This week, the "Juke In The Back" honors one of the silent architects of Rock n' Roll, Richard Barrett. On the surface, he's known today to fans of...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #643 - Wynonie Harris, Pt. 2 - 1948-54
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
It's part 2 of our 2 part series on Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, one of the greatest blues shouters of all time. Matt The Cat focuses on Harris' hit...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
AG 22-39: The King Cole Trio Starts To Swing, 9/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
Caption: Album cover for the new Resonance Records box set "Hittin' The Ramp"
This week, Mark Chilla talks with jazz historian Will Friedwald about the early years of Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, as they explore some...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Episode #642 - Wynonie Harris, Pt. 1 - 1944-48
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" is overflowin' with records by one of R&B's greatest blues shouters and entertainers: Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris. Part 1 of ...

Bought by WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC, KMXT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Louis & Louis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell
Two of the finest New Orleans musicians … Armstrong and Russell … brought the birthplace of jazz into the “Big Apple” in the 1920s, and heavily inf...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 1049: DaShawn Hickman & Adam Weinberg
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: DaShawn and Wendy Hickman make their debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina Sacred Steel player DaShawn Hickman plus singer and finger...

Bought by KUAR, KDLG, KTRL, KENW, KDLG and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Episode #641 - Elvis' Rhythm & Blues Influences
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
Elvis Presley's early music was a blend of Hillbilly, Country, Gospel and R&B. This week's "Juke In The Back" explored the enormous debt Elvis owed...

Bought by WHRV, WUTC, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #640 - Jimmy Preston
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
Jimmy Preston made a major contribution to early Rock n' Roll by ushering in the era of the screamin' sax. He is mostly remembered today for his or...

Bought by KCSM, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WUTC, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Bessie’s Jazzy Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #639 - Early Billy Stewart & R&B Jail 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
Many 1960s soul legends had their start in 1950s R&B and this week, the "Juke In The Back" takes a listen to Billy Stewart's early records. We'll a...

Bought by WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
A second set with Kenny Garrett
From: Texas Public Radio
Series: Live at Jazz, TX
Caption: Kenny Garrett, Credit: Nathan Cone
In this second set of music from the Kenny Garrett Quintet's stint at Jazz TX, the band performs five of Garrett's original tunes, plus the old sta...

Bought by KJZX-Austin


  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Building Community and Halting the Gas Export Boom on the Gulf Coast - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
Piece image
The Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas face a petrochemical and fracked gas export boom. Super-heat-charged hurricanes strike almost every year. As ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Episode #638 - Little Esther Phillips: 1950-56
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" honors Little Esther, the 14 year old phenom that scored 3 #1 hits in 1950, singing with Johnny Otis' musical ensemble. She ...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Vue Orleans: A Love Letter to New Orleans
From: World Footprints LLC
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See New Orleans like you've never seen her before atop a 34th floor observation deck and experience the richness of New Orleans history as cutting-...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
Intersection of Black and Indigenous Resistance & Justice in the U.S. with Kyle T. Mays - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Episode #637 - John Lee Hooker: 1949-51
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
John Lee Hooker was one of the most influential and important musicians of the 20th Century. He single-handedly invented his own electric guitar bo...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #636 - The Cadillacs
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 Cadillacs were one of the most versatile R&B vocal groups of the 1950s, handling uptempo gems like "Speedo" and classic doo wop ballads like "G...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, WUTC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #635 - Larry Darnell
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
Next to the Johnny Otis Orchestra, no R&B act was bigger in 1950 than Larry Darnell. The Columbus, OH native scored the first #1 rhythm record of 1...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, WUTC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #634 - 4th of July: R&B Food 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
What’s more American than celebrating America’s birthday with some good ol’ red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9