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Blue Dimensions M14: New Hill Country Blues From Cedric Burnside
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Mississippi's hill country from Cedric Burnside, and a new live album from folk-blues artist Eric Bibb

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
UpFront Soul #2024.12 - April 2-8
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Kool and the Gang
We'll warm up with toasty tracks from Kool & the Gang, James Reese & the Progressions, and The Hesitations, hear sweet love songs from Joan Armatra...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Episode #726 - Percy Mayfield: 1949-60
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Some songwriters and singers just know how to tap into deepest regions of sadness, passion and truth. Such is the musical prowess of Percy Mayfield...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
237: The Secret Spot Episode 237: Spotlight On Nancy Wilson, 3/30/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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Listen to The Secret Spot to touch every era of R&B, Soul, and Slow Jams

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 27, 2024
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: The U.S. Finally Has Allowed Passage of U.N. Gaza Ceasefire: What Happens ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions M13: A Band Of Two Bassists, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new album with a band consisting of just two bassists, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
UpFront Soul #2024.10 - March 19-25
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Betty Davis
We'll dive deep into the funk as we go Walkin Up the Road with Betty Davis, Bump with the Webb People, and Get Down with Melvin Sparks. We'll also ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:04
Episode #725 - Guitar Slim
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Eddie Jones grew up in Hollandale, MS, pickin' cotton and dreaming of a better life when ambition and musical talent plucked him from his situation...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KCSM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
236: The Secret Spot Episode 236: Spotlight On Roberta Flack, 3/23/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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The Secret Spot delivers a simple, intimate, curated playlist of R&B and Soul

  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:42
Moving Forward By Looking Back (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, WUTC and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Moving Forward By Looking Back (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Moving Forward By Looking Back (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Forward By Looking Back (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Got To Get You Into My Life
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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We'll be jamming to Yuna's single, "Relax Your Mind," plus grooves from Barry White, Ashford & Simpson and a "Thank you" gospel tune from Ledisi. ...

Bought by WGZS, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHNS, KSLU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 6
Blue Dimensions M12: Rhapsody In Blue Re-interpretted by banjoist Béla Fleck
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Banjoist Béla Fleck's take on "Rhapsody In Blue" — differing ideas from him and pianist Ethan Iverson about the piece

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Reproductive Justice: The Ongoing Struggle for Bodily Autonomy (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today we share excerpts from “She's Beautiful When She's Angry,” a documentary about the rise of activism around women’s rights in the late 1960s, ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Amina Claudine Myers: Mixing Jazz with Gospel
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amina Claudine Myers, Credit: Crystal Blake
An musical podcast with pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and 2024 Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers exploring her life in music from gospel to...

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 6
Episode #724 - The Cleftones
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, Matt The Cat looks at one of the greatest Doo Wop groups, The Cleftones, through an archival interview with the late Herbie Cox. Cox was...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Finding Sacredness in the Mundane with Andrusa Lawson
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories that are not true but that say something true. The essence...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:13
Refreshing New Soul Music from Cornell C.C. Carter
From: KMUW
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There's some refreshing new soul music, “The Change," by R&B artist, Cornell C.C. Carter, on the show this week. We celebrate soul artist and pr...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, KHNS, KSLU, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
Blue Dimensions M11: The WJ3 All-Stars Bring Us Love Songs We (Maybe) Forgot
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from Willie Jones III's super-group the WJ3 All-Stars from their album "Lovers and Love Songs: The Ones You Forgot."

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WJSU and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Who’s Afraid of DEI?: Interrogating Gender & Race in the Workplace (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ruchika Tulshyan (left) and Ijeoma Oluo (right).
What does equity really mean? That might be an impossible question to answer objectively, but in this encore episode Ruchika Tulshyan, a workplace ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Season 1, Episode 21 - 'Beyond Bars' feat Fox & Rob Richardson
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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The need for prison reform in the USA.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 1
UpFront Soul #2024.09 - March 12-18
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Syl Johnson
We'll hear classic soul from Syl Johnson, check out some funky stuff from Senegal and Brazil, and listen to John Coltrane's musical meditation on t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, WOMR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:49
  • Purchases: 14

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