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Episode #724 - The Cleftones
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, Matt The Cat looks at one of the greatest Doo Wop groups, The Cleftones, through an archival interview with the late Herbie Cox. Cox was...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #723 - Slim Gaillard
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, we honor the "Prince Of Vout," Mr. McVouty himself, Slim Gaillard. He was a one-of-a-kind-o-reenee as he spoke 7 languages including his...

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


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
A New Ballad from Ledisi and Kenny Lattimore
From: KMUW
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A new ballad by Grammy-winning vocalist, Ledisi, featuring Kenny Lattimore, “Perfect Stranger”, also a brand new single, “That’s My King”, from bes...

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


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #722 - Duke & Peacock 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
This week, the entire "Juke In The Back" is loaded with records from the catalog of Duke/Peacock Records. Don Robey created one of the great R&B la...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, KCSM, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #721 - Lucky Millinder
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 loaded this week with records by one of R&B's greatest and most underrated bandleaders, Lucky Millinder. He worked with v...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, Delmarva Public Media, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #720 - The Ray-O-Vacs
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 staggering, the number of R&B groups that have been left out of the history books and off radio station playlists just because they don't fit ...

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
AG 24-10: Carmen McRae On Decca, 3/4/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Carmen McRae was one of the most respected jazz singers in the business for four decades. This week, we’ll explore her early recordings for the Dec...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
20240212: Living The Dream With Megan Piphus, 2/12/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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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
Living The Dream With Megan Piphus
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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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
Episode #719 - The Hollywood Flames
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 Hollywood Flames recorded for nearly 20 different record labels and had numerous personnel changes over their 18 year history, but they always ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Season 1 Episode 2 - Bella's SoulFRESH
From: Bella Syrus
Series: Bella's SoulFRESH
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Get ready to elevate your soul with DJ Bella Scratch on Bella's SoulFRESH! Tune in for an eclectic mix of modern soul music, insightful artist inte...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:00
AG 24-08: The Musical World of Harry Belafonte, 2/19/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we pay tribute to singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. We’ll explore his expansive recording career, which encompassed folk, calypso...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
WoodSongs 1009: Dom Flemons and Burnett Sisters
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Dom Flemons co-founder of the Grammy®-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops pl...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 72
Episode #718 - R&B Influences: Lionel Hampton
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
Lionel Hampton's big band was a training ground for so many of the all-time great musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, Joe Mo...

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


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
February became Black History Month in 1976. It was about time.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
February is Black History Month, officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976. It was about time. The 1960s had seen crucial economic gai...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Episode #717 - James Brown: 1956-58
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 features one of R&B and Rock n' Roll's greatest acts, James Brown. Before he was "The Godfather," Brown had to suff...

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


  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
New music from BJ The Chicago Kid
From: KMUW
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Hear a new silky soul single, “Never Change,” by BJ the Chicago Kid, featuring the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire’s, Phillip Bailey. Also, new gospe...

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #716 - R&B Influences: Delta Rhythm Boys
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" takes a deep look at The Delta Rhythm Boys, one of R&B's early influences. They never scored the hits like the Mills Brothe...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
New music from The Whispers
From: KMUW
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A smoldering new single by The Whispers, “Maybe the Fire Isn’t Out” along with classics from the talented Patrice Rushen, Boz Scaggs and Kool & Th...

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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II at their StoryCorps interview in Kansas City on September 15, 2023, Credit: Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps
Bernetta came to StoryCorps with her friend, Raymond Mabion II to talk about her grandfather, and the food legacy he’s passed down.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:23
AG 24-05: The Two Williams: Spencer and Clarence, 1/29/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer Williams and Clarence Willi...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Episode #715 - The "5" Royales
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" features a rhythm & blues vocal group from Winston-Salem, NC that not only influenced James Brown, but quite poss...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KCSM, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #714 - 1954: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2
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” transports you back 70 years. 1954 was a pivotal year for American Music. The lines between Rhythm & Blues and Po...

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


  • Added: Jan 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #713 - 1954: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 1
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 is taking you back 70 years! 1954 was a pivotal year for American Music. The lines between Rhythm & Blues and Pop were getting blurred as ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, KCSM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
WoodSongs 1046: Hubby Jenkins and Down Hill Strugglers
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Hubby Jenkins on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singer and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins plus old time string band ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Angelica Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, KMSU, KEDT and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60

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