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THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E 2 of 2 - [1972 - 1984]
From: Paul Ingles
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
EP208 Kat Riggins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Kat Riggins 2022 release "Progeny is a collection of diverse tracks with blues roots as a foundation.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 1
EP207 Kenny Neal
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Kenny Neal's 2022 Album "Straight From The Heart"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:16
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this special (offered this month of June - A...

Bought by WJCT, KUNM, KGOU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (2 HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this three hour special (offered this month ...

Bought by KMUW, KUNM, KGOU, WGBH Radio Boston, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KRVS, WDDE, WVIA, WPVM 103.7, WILL and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #144 - Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 1 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by KFSK, KUHF, WRVO Public Media, and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant! is a one hour program highlighting some of the best works of composer Thelonious Monk.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:56
EP183 Christone "Kingfish" Ingram 662
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Kingfish's Sophomore release.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
Little Richard-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Little Richard
Celebrating one of the founders of Rock ‘n Roll, Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard with a mix of his music, interviews, covers and ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KHNS


  • Added: May 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 3
EP82 Buddy Guy
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"The Blues is Alive and Well"- Buddy Guy

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:52
EP94 Toronzo Cannon
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Chicago bus driver has some music to share that will blow you away!

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:22
EP97 BB King
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Mr. Jack shares his personal favorite BB King albums.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:46
EP105 Christone Kingfish
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made it to the “big Leagues” of the music industry with his talents. He just released his first major label album o...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:51
EP108 Jontavious Willis
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jontavious Willis is a young musician in his 20s who is a multi-instrumentalist on a mission to keep the blues alive by following in his mentors (T...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:22
EP129 Jody Williams
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
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A great guitarist of the early electric blues sounds coming out of Chicago, Jody Williams tired of the corruption in the early music business being...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
EP124 The Kinsey Report
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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From Blues beginnings to Rock, to Reggae, the Kinsey brothers have been in the music business since their youth inspired by their father Big Daddy ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
EP122 Bernard Allison
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An active musician in the world of Blues since he was a youth under his father's wings, Bernard Allison is still going strong after some 37 years o...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:52
Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Eric Arnold, Credit: Fantastic Negrito at the UC Theater in Berkeley, Ca
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
The R&B Chronicles - Earth, Wind and Fire
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Exploration of R&B music

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WDCB, KCSM, WFIU, WDCB and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 11
Bopping: Art in the Making from the West Side of Chicago by Tariq Weaver
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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What are the origins of this dance? How did it begin? Who are the rising talents of this subculture based on the West Side of Chicago? And how has ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:57
Moving Closer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 2
From The Roots Came The Rapper (A Tribute to Joe Tex)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: Joe Tex "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" 1966 45 rpm picture sleeve, Credit: Atlantic Records
Joseph Arrington, Jr. better known as "JOE TEX", was one of the greatest soul singers in history. His style was different from a James Brown, a Wil...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, and KHNS


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:54
  • Purchases: 5