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Join us as we put the Checker label in the spotlight. Started by Phil and Leonard Chess as a subsidiary imprint in 1952, Checker issued some specta...
- Added: Feb 04, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2016. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...
- Added: Jan 14, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Bowman Wright on the transformative power of theater and his two portrayals of MLK.
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 27:08
Join us as we dig into some of the great recordings made by Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label during the 1960s. This time we’ll be focusing on some ...
- Added: Jan 02, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we explore some of the rarest of the rare — John Tefteller's legendary collection of Paramount 78s. One of the most important blues labe...
- Added: Nov 28, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Chef, restaurateur, and author Marcus Samuelsson’s dazzlingly creative approach to food and to hospitality is rooted in a deep appreciation of food...
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 26:45
- Purchases: 2
It too decades for jazz historians to recognize regional bands for their influence on the music.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #304 - Goin' Down To Eli's: Robert Nighthawk & Friends, Live on Maxwell Street, 1964
From: Steve c/o Ernest FranzSeries: Blues Unlimited
If you like your blues raw and gritty, then join us as we head down to Maxwell Street. That’s where filmmaker Mike Shea went with his cameras in 19...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we dig through the remains of the Parkway label, a Chicago independent who was only in business for a short time during the first few mo...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
The Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts uses dance to create a community of young men.
Bought by KZUM, KISA Digital Studios, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNJR, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
Join us for our annual gospel show! Guest host Brother Hawkins will lead us on a journey down to Memphis and the Hill Country, to hear music from M...
- Added: Sep 02, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Black girls make up for more than one-third of all girls with school related arrests. Yet, they comprise just 16-percent of female students.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we take a trip down to the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — once called the worst prison in America. John and Alan Loma...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 06, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we pay homage to Paul Oliver’s legendary double LP set, "The Story of the Blues." Published as a companion piece to his critically...
- Added: Jul 21, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for the start of a new series, dedicated to the great song writers of the blues. Our first installment pays tribute to Leroy Carr, who wrot...
- Added: Jun 23, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
This program visits with the early New Orleans musicians. After all, their creativity is what started jazz on the road to popularity.
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we start a new series, "The Keepers of the Flame." Designed to spotlight individuals who've made extraordinary contributions to the worl...
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we spotlight three classic slabs of vinyl from the golden years of the 1960s Blues Revival. We’ll hear selections from "Mississippi Blue...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
2016 NEA Jazz Master and Executive Director of the Jazz Foundation of America, Wendy Oxenhorn: Keeping the music alive and the musicians playing.
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us as we venture down to Louisiana, for some five-star slabs of vinyl! We’ll hear selections from "Rooster Blues" by Lightnin’ Slim, "Raining ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
On this moving and unforgettable episode of Blues Unlimited, we’re going on a journey back in time — to hear the haunting, timeless worksongs of me...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status, as something black people haven’t had for fifty years: a folk hero.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In her new work Baltimore, playwright Kirsten Greenidge grapples with the issue of race on college campuses.
Bought by WABE, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.
Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 4
