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Norman Taylor is a Philly-based Country-Blues artist. His style is based around such blues greats as Robert Johnson and Skip James, along with mode...
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Jul 04, 2023
- Length: 56:20
- Purchases: 1
Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. talks with his sister, Yvonne Powell, about being the oldest enlisted soldier in the Army, and the role Yvonne played i...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WHRV, and WYAP
- Added: Aug 10, 2021
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 3
Poet Douglas Kearney and musician Val jeanty discuss their experimental hybrid album, Fodder.
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 14:09
Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 56:40
We hear from artist william cordova about the 2014 documentary "silent parade," featuring the New Orleans band, The Soul Rebels, who faced off Robe...
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 19:45
The Toronto-made film RISE embodies the creative force of a local youth-led spoken word movement known as RISE Edutainment. A subway station serves...
- Added: Feb 04, 2020
- Length: 17:12
The BLCK Family, a Miami-based creative collective, fosters opportunities for individual artists to share their original music and poetry in intima...
- Added: Aug 13, 2018
- Length: 11:51
The Tail Dragger got his name from the Howlin' Wolf and is one of the most notorious singers on the Chicago blues scene over the past 35 years. He ...
Bought by KMUW, WLPR , WYAP, KRZA, Public Radio East and more
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 57:55
- Purchases: 10
He's a familiar face around Boston. Now hear what this mystery man has to say about music, race, street violence and bringing joy to the city he lo...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 06:10
- Purchases: 1
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
Anita Monga talks restoring fragments, revolutionary women, and honoring the legendary film preservationist, David Shepherd.
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:20
Julie Dash talks cultural authenticity, validation, and the unexpected gifts of Hurricane Hugo.
- Added: Dec 04, 2016
- Length: 14:38
Craig Atkinson talks keeping calm, taking rides, and getting traction.
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 32:49
Sue Jay Johnson talks charisma, working fast, and fighting cultural stereotypes.
- Added: Jun 13, 2016
- Length: 14:15
Anita Monga talks color, tattoos, and Rene Clair.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 22:47
Princess Shaw talks imagination, fighting through the storm, and the best day(s) of her life.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 16:02
Ramona Tascoe and Abby Ginzberg talk raised consciousness, protective armor, and being willing to die for a cause.
- Added: May 15, 2016
- Length: 31:09
Don Cheadle talks commitment, new connections, and being real.
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 16:32
Deje Rene Carr has basically reached the status of local music legend in Pioneer Valley. The catch, she's still in high school.
- Added: Mar 07, 2016
- Length: 05:57
Elliot Lavine talks the pleasures and perils of 35mm, seismic overhauls, and blows to the solar plexus.
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 33:16
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman talk distance, authenticity, and having a free hand.
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 29:56
Coach Roscoe Bryant and filmmaker Eugene Corr talk baseball, family values, and the importance of play.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 28:01
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.
- Added: Oct 03, 2015
- Length: 15:03
Marc Silver talks options, principles, and humanizing a statistic.
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 20:04
Maya Forbes talks understanding social cues, having honest conversations, and being a sloppy dynamic team.
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 09:18
