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Blue Dimensions J13: "If Time Could Stand Still" from Gregory Tardy, and a haunting 90-year-old blues song by Skip James song lives on
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the latest from saxophonist Gregory Tardy, and a 1931 Skip James blues song finds new interpretation from Bobby Rush and Tomas Doncker

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


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Mark My Words Sports Show (03-17-21)
From: KRDP
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We talk NFL free agency and NBA trades

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:44
567: Discovering America's Black DNA / 568: Wonders Of The Human Body, 3/13/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
Let KidZ Talk - Celebrating Black Heroes
From: DW From
Series: Let KidZ Talk
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We asked our peers to share one of their Black Heroes...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
Blue Dimensions J09: "Thank You Mr. Mabern" a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern from Leon Lee Dorsey - - with Mabern in the band.
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Leon Lee Dorsey's album "Thank You Mr. Mabern" is a tribute to the late pianist Harold Mabern, featuring recordings Dorsey made with Mabern and dru...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions J08: Force Majeure from Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from harpist Brandee Younger and bassist Dezron Douglas from their album "Force Majeure," taken from live-streaming performances from their h...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Judas and the Black Messiah (Film Review)
From: Beandrea July
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A review of the new film Judas and the Black Messiah from Los Angeles Film Critics' Association member Beandrea July.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:49
The Fire Next Time
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
EP158 Reverend John Wilkins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
A Conversation with Charles Person
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:26:58
A Conversation with JoAnne Blackmon Bland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:54
A Conversation with Dave Dennis
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Freedom Rider, Dave Dennis, never thought about getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement but he did want a date with a pretty young lady.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:31:59
A Conversation with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:23:34
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
From: Synnika Lofton
Series: Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week
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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
Blue Dimensions I50: Kat Riggins Cries Out The Blues
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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a new album "Cry Out" — strong new blues songs from singer and songwriter Kat Riggins —and several selections from a great debut album, "Omega," fr...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I47: New Music From Vibraphonist Joel Ross, Cornetist Ron Miles, and Guitarist-Singer George Benson
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from Joel Ross's new album "Who Are You?" with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
EP153 Fenton Robinson (revisted)
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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The JSP Records label recently released a new album of unreleased material of Chicago's Bluesman Fenton Robinson which was recorded in England and ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:56
Blue Dimensions I44: South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's Modes of Communication
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's album "Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds."

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and Author of 'RACE-BAITER" on Language, Travel and Media
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Race-Baiting book cover
World Footprints talks race-baiting, travel, media and music with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 40:26
Blue Dimensions I41: Saxophonist Teodross Avery Plays The Music Of Thelonious Monk
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Teodross Avery takes on the music of Thelonious Monk on his album "Harlem Stories: The Music Of Thelonious Monk"

Bought by WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
All Things Being Equal, Hank Willis Thomas at the Cincinnati Art Museum
From: Susan Byrnes
Caption: Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), The Cotton Bowl, from the series Strange Fruit, 2011. Chromogenic print. , Credit: . Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Copyright Hank Willis Thomas
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 05:29
Blue Dimensions I39: Thelonious Monk In Palo Alto 1968 — After 52 Years, We Can Hear The Concert
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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After fifty-two years, a recording of Thelonious Monk in concert in 1968 at Palo Alto High School in California is available for us to hear

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
RDD: Toledo Black Artist Coalition
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're talking to a brand new organization on this week's RDD. It's the Toledo Black Artist Coalition, a collection of artists, educators, activists...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:15

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