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We pick up where we left off last time, with a look at some of the great Mississippi Blues Masters who worked and recorded during the 1930s and the...
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we take a look at a Who's Who of early Blues masters that lived and worked in the great state of Mississippi. A...
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 05:05
- Purchases: 1
The Imperial Record label, founded in 1948 in Los Angeles, is well known as the home of Fats Domino and other great New Orleans artists, as well as...
Bought by KHNS
- Added: Sep 13, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on Shreveport, Louisiana. Home to a thriving music scene, the "Louisiana Hayride" (a rival...
- Added: Aug 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Recently, Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records marked their 50th anniversary. We'll celebrate by playing selections from three classic LPs from th...
- Added: Jul 24, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Who doesn't love a good story? In this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's all about Blues singers and songs that weave tall tales, spin entertaining ...
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
With its own unique sound and feel, we aim the spotlight on Down Home Blues from the East Coast, from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s, on this epi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 5
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we finish up our tribute to the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals by focusing on some of the great and rare Blues,...
- Added: Jun 21, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we wrap up our celebration of the Newport Folk Festivals of the 1960s, which brought a veritable who's who of Bl...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we continue our celebration of the Newport Folk Festival, which brought a veritable who's who of Blues legends t...
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KTRL
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we celebrate the Newport Folk Festival, which brought a veritable who's who of Blues legends to the stage in Ne...
Bought by KHNS, Rhythm & News Service, and KTRL
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take a look at Blues and politics, examining such topics as war, the Great Depression, politicians, economic downturns, and more.
Bought by KHNS, KTRL, Spokane Public Radio, and KHNS
- Added: May 25, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on the art and artistry of the Blues instrumental. Great rockin' performances from T-Bone ...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Texas has a long and rich history when it comes to Blues Guitar, and here we aim the spotlight on some of the primary movers and shakers to come ou...
Bought by KHNS, KTRL, Spokane Public Radio, and WUCF
- Added: Apr 17, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
No particular theme on this episode, just two hours of our favorite Rhythm Rockin' Blues. We'll hear classics from Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Profes...
Bought by KHNS, KTRL, WUCF, North State Public Radio, and WYSO
- Added: Apr 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 5
Join us as we take a look at some of the fine piano players who worked and recorded in Chicago over the years — from Curtis Jones, Roosevelt Sykes ...
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
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Open Source "Shorties" are 7 to 8 minute cuts of our best timely and evergreen material. Today, we're joining biographer John Szwed in thanking the...
Bought by PRX Remix, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and Louisville Public Media
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 07:47
- Purchases: 4
We continue our tribute to the American Folk Blues Festival Tours -- a legendary series of concerts organized by two German men, Horst Lippmann and...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
We pay tribute to a legendary series of concerts organized by two German men, Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau, beginning in 1962. Known as the America...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
When you think of Blues Harmonica, you probably think of giants like Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter Jacobs, or Shakey Horton -- but did you ev...
Bought by KHNS, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, and WUCF
- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Trains have figured largely in Blues lyrics over the decades, symbolizing freedom, mobility, a free ride to a better place, or the poignant end of ...
- Added: Jan 31, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
