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Blue Dimensions I35: MONK'estra, Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is Dead 3, and a Jubilant baritone
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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MONK'estra plays music of its leader John Beasley, as well as its namesake Thelonious Monk. Also new music from Black Art Jazz Collective, Jazz Is ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN, WMOT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions I33: The Vibraphonic Reincarnation of Warren Wolf
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Good vibes! Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's album "Reincarnation," and vibraphonist Steve Yeager's "Vibraharp."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
StoryCorps Griot: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions I32: A Noteworthy Debut From Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the debut album of saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, "Omega" and music from two of his mentors, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Jason Moran (w...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
Pioneering Female Police Officer Repaired Bonds Through Talent Shows
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 2 In 1968, Yvonne Bechet became one of the first female police officers in New Orleans. She was also the first African America...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 1
These young New Orleans dancers want the police to know they are not a threat
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1 Episode 9 A dance troupe of young, Black, male teens express their fear and anxiety about police and how the police might potentially vie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Musical Manifesto vs. Contested Monument
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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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
StoryCorps: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hadiyah-Nicole Green-Argieard and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on January 28, 2017., Credit: Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green speaks with her cousin Tenika Floyd about being raised by her Auntie and Uncle, and how their separate battles with cancer...

Bought by WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions I28: Maceo! James Brown's former right-hand man's latest album "Soul Food - Cookin With Maceo"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the new album from saxophonist Maceo Parker, and songs from singer/pianist Dena DeRose

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
A Monumental Change Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rose Simmons
How the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to an ever-expanding ripple of protests across the country and...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
What We're Reading: Book in support of Black Lives Matter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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We speak with local Bemidji State University professors on recommended books on racism, diversity, and racial justice.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
Marnita's Table on How to Socially Engineer Equity and Inclusion
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
This episode features Marnita Schroedl, CEO of Marnita’s Table, and Lauren Williams, Marnita’s Table’s Training Manager & Executive Administrator. ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes (UPDATE)
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes in Jackson, Mississippi, 2020, Credit: Albert Sykes.
Albert Sykes returns to StoryCorps with his son Aidan--now 14-- to talk about how Aidan is feeling as a young Black man in 2020.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Albert Sykes and Aidan Sykes
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes at their StoryCorps interview in Jackson, Mississippi on February 20, 2015., Credit: Vanessa Gonzalez-Block for StoryCorps.
Albert Sykes speaks with his nine-year-old son, Aidan, about black fatherhood, and his hopes for the future.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WERA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: The Bells
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Norman and Ora Bell have been a household name within the Toledo community for more than half a century. Known for working in local county governme...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:09
Blue Dimensions I24: Ambrose Akinmusire's Calloused Moments
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Christian McBride, and bluesmen Joe Louis Walker and Boo Boo Davis, p...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, Raven Radio, WMOT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions I23: Frank Bey's Dues Are All Paid Up
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Comeback singer Frank Bey's album "All My Dues Are Paid"

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Resist and the Role of Solidarity
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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How do you speak the truth with grace? Radical musician, theologian, and activist Rev. Sekou speaks about how he learned to fight white supremacy a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 41:10
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions I22: Azar Lawrence's "Summer Solstice" and classic music of Erroll Garner
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from the reissue of saxophonist Azar Lawrence's 1975 album "Summer Solstice" and more reissues of pianist Erroll Garner in a continuing series

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, Raven Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
8 : ALiEN
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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The final episode of this series. Spoon and Matthew perform an excerpt from a play by Spoon. Spoon and his brother Abe talk about their dad, Matthe...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
COVID19 Stories with Charles McGuigan: Feeding the Hungry with Carlton Johnson
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: COVID-19 Stories
Caption: Carlton Johnson
There’s a man in a small city thirty miles south of Richmond Virginia whose business was pretty much wiped out by the Coronavirus pandemic. But des...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 12:26
Blue Dimensions I15: Jazz Is Dead — or is it?
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Jazz Is Dead" - an appealing project of multi-instrumentalist producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad and guests. Charlie Parker with so...

Bought by KHNS, KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15

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