PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the "Philly Sound" and the artists who put it on the map.

Bought by KCNP, KPSQ-LP, WSKG, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 57
Amazing Grace
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The story of "Amazing Grace"- a piece of music that has an extraordinary impact on American history.

Bought by WVIK, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WJAB, WLRH, WKMS and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 50:34
  • Purchases: 11
A Musician's Life: C.J. Chenier ( the prince of Zydeco music)
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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As a young sax player, C.J. Chenier planned to pursue a career in jazz. Then his father Zydeco great Clifton Chenier, recruited his son to play in...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
9. Dawud Raamah, dentist and soul singer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Street Beats: Pots 'n Pans Drummer
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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Drummer along San Francisco Embarcadero plays his homemade drum kit everyday for amazed crowds.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Lost Sounds Part 3
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 3 of 3 focuses on changes to the face of black American entertainment in the early 20th century and what that can tell us about contemporary t...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 2
Lost Sounds part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 2 of 3 focuses on how early African American recordings planted the seeds for several uniquely American music styles and for social equality.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
  • Purchases: 2
Lost Sounds Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Lost Sounds
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Part 1 of 3 focuses on the techniques and content of the very earliest commercial recordings.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 3
Cab Calloway Remembered
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Moran on Monk
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Pianist Jason Moran on Thelonious Monk

Bought by KVNF and KUT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Global Echoes: Mbira Project Crew
From: Katie Burningham
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Short feature about the Mbira, or African thumb piano, for BBC Radio Oxford

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
WWOZ Street Talk-The Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indian Tribe
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Since He was a kid, Wild Man Ivory wanted to be a mardi gras indian. It took a near death experience in Korea before that dream became a reality.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2007
  • Length: 10:16
For Valentine's Day ... Trudy Pitts and "Mr C," in their own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Partners in music, and in life, for somewhere around 50 years ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KGLT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Billy Higgins: A Tribute To The Legendary Jazz Drummer
From: Heidi Chang
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Billy Higgins was reportedly the most recorded jazz drummer in history. Higgins talks about his music and life. This profile also features intervi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 6
The Big Payback-A Tribute to James Brown
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Tribute to The Godfather of Soul!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Radio Catskill, WYSO, KFAI Minneapolis, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 25:25
  • Purchases: 6
Gospel Goes Classical
From: Tanya Ott
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Discussion with conductor who mixes classical, gospel, hip-hop, country and other genres

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 13:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Harmony Harmoneers - Gospel, A Capella Style
From: Philip Graitcer
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Their music is bare bones gospel.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:27
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67
Sudanese in Kansas City Mourn VP John Garang
From: KCUR
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An audio postcard of the memorial service and an interview with niece Rebecca de Mabior.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 11:20
The '63 March: Forty Years Later
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6