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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
What does it take to be a spy? We ask a real FBI agent and talk to writer Anthony Horowitz about his James Bond Jr.: Alex Rider in "Stormbreaker."
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 19:02
5th graders from DC's Watkins Elementary discuss - and sing about - Kwame Alexander's poetic story of brothers and basketball "The Crossover." LA L...
- Added: Sep 13, 2015
- Length: 22:44
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
Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 24:17
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
Jaylen Wheeler is a student at University Prep in north Seattle. Follow him through his role as the odd one out.
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 05:43
- Purchases: 2
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
Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays.
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 19:51
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
audio postcard or sonic id describing koolaid pickles from 4th graders in Helena, Arkansas
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 01:58
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
A bell tower without a carillon is like a throat without a voice box. Utterly mute. This story could be called the mystery of the missing bells and...
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 27:33
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
Join as we get into our time machine, and journey back to Dallas, December 1927. That was when Columbia Records became the first major label to mak...
- Added: Apr 14, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of 1968 and 1969. We’ll hear from Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Este...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
The world legend is thrown around a lot, but saxophonist, flutist and composer Charles Lloyd is the real deal. He's much of a musical innovator tod...
Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, WABE, and WNJR
- Added: Apr 02, 2015
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 4
