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This week’s DoubleTake includes the classic, “Down for the Third Time” by Bobby Caldwell, and a brand new remake by Citrus Sun. Acclaimed drummer...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
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It’s Stevie Wonder Month on Soulsations! We celebrate the legendary musician who turns 74 on May 13th. We’ll enjoy his music and stories about him ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, RadioFreePalmer, KHNS, KSLU and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman pupp...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman pupp...

Bought by KTNA, RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Lovie Austin
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Marvin Gaye's 1964 album of standards "When I'm Alone I Cry"
Soul singer Marvin Gaye was a reluctant R&B star. Gaye wanted to be a ballad singer, and he recorded the music of the Great American songbook mostl...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Armstrong & Ellington
They could not have been more opposite in their approach to jazz. Yet, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had identical goals. Provide the best mus...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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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
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we talk more NBA Playoffs as two game 7s are the topic. We also talk about Naomi Osaka as she withdraws from Wimbolen, and Kenny brings...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 57:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Tunes and tales of African American musical greats including Otis Spann, Little Walter, Big Mama Thornton, Peter Tosh, Billy Preston, Les McCann & ...

Bought by WORT and WSLR


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Primer and Bob Margolin have their mojo working.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the music of Muddy Waters with three of his former bandmates and maste...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, Delmarva Public Media, KUAR, KTRL, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Knowledge, creativity, charisma, and endless energy are just a few qualities that make a good musical leader. If the leader can also arrange and co...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bubber Miley, left
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Noble Sissle
Lyricist, composer, vocalist and bandleader Noble Sissle had a very successful 60-year career in jazz and musical theater. He’s best know as the mu...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Clarence Williams
instrument was the jug. Clarence Williams was a professional, yet he thoroughly enjoyed a relaxed performing style. Add in a little hokum, and the ...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Westcoast blues guitar veteran, James Armstrong talks about his studio effort 'Blues Been Good to Me.'

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KPSQ-LP, WEAA, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 9
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Both Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong entered the professional music scene in the early 1920s. Both favored traditional jazz with its roots in New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Alligator Records hottest new artist who gained internet fame prior to releasing his first studio single, Fresh Out, featuring Buddy Guy.

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, Raven Radio, WLPR , Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 11
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Toronzo Cannon is recognized as one of Chicago's most popular and exciting bluesmen. The singer, songwriter and guitarist is part of the new genera...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , Raven Radio, Public Radio East, WEAA and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 10