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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
In her new play, Sweat, Lynn Nottage gives voice to the human cost of workers without work.
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Feb 05, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take a look at Big Bear Records — one of England's oldest independent labels — and the 1973 and '74 American Blues Legends tours. We’...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2015. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...
- Added: Jan 16, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we continue our in-depth look at the blues in Memphis, from early 1928. This time, we’ll take a look at the recordings made by the OKeh ...
- Added: Jan 07, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master M...
Bought by XRAY.fm, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 23, 2015
- Length: 28:28
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we continue our look at the blues in Memphis, this time from early 1928. We’ll hear recordings made for Victor by Cannon’s Jug Stompers,...
- Added: Dec 13, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr has the uncanny ability to embody fully-realized characters.
- Added: Dec 03, 2015
- Length: 28:30
Here are a few selections from the archives of early jazz representing some of the talented musicians who, for whatever reason, remained in the sha...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we get into our time machine, and go back to the year 1927, to take a look at the very beginnings of the blues in Memphis. We’ll hear cl...
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Two powerhouse saxophonists of early jazz are heard in this show: Benny Carter, alto and Coleman Hawkins, tenor.
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Join us for another installment of "The Legends of Bluesville," as we aim the spotlight on the city of Indianapolis. Home to a once-thriving musica...
- Added: Oct 29, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts
Bought by WNJR and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we celebrate "The Sweethearts of Decca," with a program dedicated to just the ladies. Our inspiration comes from the "The Decca Blues Bo...
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for an extra special program of stories and songs collected from Parchman Farm, one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. Asi...
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for a special tribute to slide guitar master Earl Hooker. During the spring and summer of 1969, he recorded extensively for Bluesway, behin...
- Added: Aug 19, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us we continue with our ongoing series, Desert Island Classics. This time, we put two giants of the harmonica, Little Walter and Sonny Boy Wil...
- Added: Aug 13, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we continue with our ongoing series, Desert Island Classics. This time around, we’ve got a handful of five-star vinyl, all from Atlantic...
- Added: Jul 14, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we celebrate the life and music of B.B. King, by counting down the biggest hits of his career. Spanning the course of four decades, we’v...
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960...
- Added: Jun 15, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for another installment of our ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, we’re going to St. Louis, to hear from Henry ...
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we pay tribute to a firebrand guitarist, Pat Hare. Joining up with Howlin’ Wolf when he was just a teenager, he went on to record with J...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseball’s most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pasti...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 21:01
- Purchases: 1