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Blue Dimensions L11: Music from the late Wayne Shorter
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from the late Wayne Shorter, who died on March 2, 2023, at age 89

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E 2 of 2 - [1972 - 1984]
From: Paul Ingles
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Blue Dimensions L09: "Prime" music from Christian McBride's New Jawn and Joe Chambers' new album "Dance Kobina"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Christian McBride's New Jawn offers a new album "Prime." We'll also hear from percussionist/vibraphonist Joe Chambers from his album "Dance Kobina."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]
From: Paul Ingles
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Blue Dimensions L08: "No Subject" from East Axis
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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We'll feature the album "No Subject" from East Axis

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation (Optional Hour #2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder perform at the 2023 Grammy Awards
Hour 2 of CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles and features a more music intensive colle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUHF and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles who is joined by three top music writers and educat...

Bought by WJCT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, Prairie Public, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions L06: It's "Unjust" — but Ben Wolfe's new album is great
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Unjust" — the new album from bassist Ben Wolfe with Immanuel Wilkins, Nicholas Payton, Joel Ross, and Nicole Glover

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions L05: Jazz Is Dead — and quite well — with Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The 16th album in the "Jazz Is Dead" series featuring Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, plus several other recent Jazz Is Dead series albums.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Black Enough
From: The Stoop
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What does it mean to be 'Black enough'?

Bought by WLPR , WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFDD, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 51:57
  • Purchases: 38
Blue Dimensions L01: Quentin Baxter's "Art Moves Jazz" and Charlton Singleton's "Crossroads," two albums that are like siblings
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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two "sibling" albums sharing many of the same musicians, Quentin Baxter's "Art Moves Jazz" and Charlton Singleton's "Crossroads."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
749: Astonishing African Futures / 750: Thinking With Animals, 12/10/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Episode #31 A Billie Holiday Holiday
From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show
Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions
Join host Lena Dorey, the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests for a Christmas episode which pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday. In ...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Dimensions K46: Charles Lloyd In Two Of His Three Trios For 2022
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Charles Lloyd's second and third "Trios" albums, and new music from Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade from their albu...

Bought by KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions K43: Vibraphonist Joel Ross Offers The Parable Of The Poet
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from vibraphonist Joel Ross from the album "The Parable Of The Poet" with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins in the band

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
731: Empathy For Monsters / 732: Growing Justice, 10/8/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Empathy For Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Blue Dimensions K41: Pharaoh Sanders' Most Classic Piece In Its 32+ Minute Entirety
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Creator Has A Master Plan" from the late Pharaoh Sanders, in its magnificent 32+-minute entirety.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KMXT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions K37: Shorter, Genovese, Spalding, & Carrington at The Detroit Jazz Festival in 2017, and a band of all trombonists
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Wayne Shorter, Leo Genovese, Esperanza Spalding, and Terri Lyne Carrington take us on a great musical journey on the new album "Live At The Detroi...

Bought by KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KMUN, WJSU and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
On Community Resistance to Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone in Port Arthur Texas with John Beard
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Port Arthur Texas is home base for the largest oil refinery in North America and a dizzying toxic array of fossil fuel and chemical facilities. But...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
721: The Year Of Return / 722: What's Wrong With Work?, 9/3/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'The Year Of Return' - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Blue Dimensions K36: Johnathan Blake is "Homeward Bound," and Carlos Henriquez tells "The South Bronx Story."
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Drummer Johnathan Blake's album "Homeward Bound" and bassist Carlos Henriquez's album "The South Bronx Story," Plus: solo piano performances from ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Zero Sum, Zero Change: What Racism Costs Everyone
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode of World Affairs, Ray examines the legacy and lived-reality of zero-sum economics at home and abroad.

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blue Dimensions K35: "My Father's Hands" — Cyrus Chestnut's Tribute To His Father
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"My Father's Hands" — a tribute from pianist Cyrus Chestnut to his late father. Newly reissued music from pianist Frank Kimbrough, and the latest f...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions K34: "Blues On Top" with Mike Clark, Leon Lee Dorsey, & Mike LeDonne
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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drummer Mike Clark and bassist Leon Lee Dorsey team up with pianist Mike LeDonne on a fine new album "Blues On Top"

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WRGY, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14

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