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Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2017. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...
- Added: Jan 11, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
This program visits Chicago's South Side in the latter 1920s to hear three of the leading proponents of jazz clarinet.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 04, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we begin a new series, exploring the blues recordings made by Sam Phillips at his legendary Memphis studio. In part one, we’ll take a lo...
- Added: Dec 27, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we start a new, ongoing mini-series dedicated to the life and musical career of one of the most beloved figures in blues history — slide...
- Added: Nov 14, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
It’s not often I interview the author of a novel on this program. Sometimes, though, a work of fiction can give us insights and perspectives a non-...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 20, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we journey to St. Louis, and celebrate some of the talented musicians that called the River City their home. We'll hear modern classics ...
- Added: Oct 13, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the Bentonia, Mississippi blues tradition, and the handful of practitioners — such as Skip James, Jack Owens, an...
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Award-winning poet Elizabeth Alexander talks movingly about her memoir
"The Light of the World" about her husband's sudden death at age 50.
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 29:00
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we explore the rich and fascinating history of animal symbolism in the blues. Ever since the very first recordings, from the 1920s, blue...
- Added: Aug 25, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
Join us for an extra special treat! We asked Bob Koester, founder of the legendary Delmark Records, for a list of his favorite performances. All we...
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for another installment of our "Great Songwriters" series, as we aim the spotlight on Jimmy Reed. Enjoying more R&B hits than any of his co...
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Income and wealth inequality is now a regular topic of conversation. The standard of living for most Americans’ since the Great Recession is either...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 20, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Johnson's novel Welcome to Braggsville puts four kids from Berkeley in Georgia to protest a Civil War reenactment with a pretend lynching. What co...
- Added: Jul 14, 2017
- Length: 26:31
- Purchases: 2
Join us for two hours of our favorite gut bucket blues! We’ll hear low down classics from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Joe Hill Louis, L.C. Green, Elmore Jam...
- Added: Jul 04, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we dig into a collection of blues songs all dealing with the topic of war. Featuring commentary, insight, and criticism on Vietnam, Kore...
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Jun 01, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
The new exhibit at NMAAH&C illuminate history, community and culture. Co-curator Aaron Bryant walks us through it.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 26:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us for part two of our look at the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. This time, we’ll focus primarily on the Decca label, and hear s...
- Added: May 14, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we get into our time machine, and go back to the 1920s and ’30s, to examine the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. At the epice...
- Added: Apr 29, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for another installment of “hits that missed,” as we count our way down through some of the biggest recordings of the 1940s. We’ll hear mus...
- Added: Apr 01, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we pay tribute to a remarkable collection of records that all have one thing in common — they were a...
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
With Another Brooklyn, acclaimed children’s author Jacqueline Woodson creates an adult novel that reads like poetry
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Mar 08, 2017
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
One of the best jazz organists, ever…and one of the most sampled jazz musicians.
Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, WTJU and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 7
On this special edition of Blues Unlimited, join us as two legendary musicians, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Son House, tell us about their lives in story...
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
