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Episode #718 - R&B Influences: Lionel Hampton
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
Lionel Hampton's big band was a training ground for so many of the all-time great musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Dexter Gordon, Joe Mo...

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


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
S08 Ep23: Women of Color: Performers, Part 7, 2/3/2024
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week we hear performances from women of color making their mark in the classical music world.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Expanding Our Origin Story (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KICI Iowa City, WUGA (part of GPB), WJCU and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Expanding Our Origin Story (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding Our Origin Story (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Cauline Yates was at a family reunion the first time she heard she was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 1072: Sugar Harp and Gail Ceasar
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Sugar Harp on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Alabama bluesman Sugar Harp plus Piedmont blues artist Gail Ceasar.

Bought by KDLG, KTRL, KMXT, KBRW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 39
Blue Dimensions M05: Trombonist and composer Javier Nero makes a musical journey to ancient Kemet, "The Black Land"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trombonist Javier Nero visits Kemet ("The Black Land") a society in ancient Egypt that pre-dated ancient Greece.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Crys Matthews
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 997 (Air Dates Feb 5 - 11, 2024) For Black History Month we revisit our 2021 interview with singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. A...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRZA, High Plains Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Season 1, Episode 10 - 'Power of Voice' feat Dominique Daye Hunter
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Dominique Daye Hunter explores her art's inspiration and its role in challenging the undervaluing of art.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 3
20240129: Read And Ride, 1/29/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Read And Ride
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

Bought by KRSC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KECG, KDLG and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #717 - James Brown: 1956-58
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, the Juke In The Back features one of R&B and Rock n' Roll's greatest acts, James Brown. Before he was "The Godfather," Brown had to suff...

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


  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
214: The Secret Spot Episode 214: Spotlight On Diana Ross, 1/27/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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We open our Vault of Soul to shine a spotlight on the contributions of Diana Ross

  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:35
UpFront Soul #2024.05-January 30-February 5, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Billy Wooten
We'll hear heavy funk from Chester Randle's Soul Senders and Billy Garner, feast on Memphis Soul Stew with King Curtis by request, and enjoy a heap...

Bought by KMUN, RADIOLEX, Prairie Public, KZUM, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
New music from BJ The Chicago Kid
From: KMUW
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Hear a new silky soul single, “Never Change,” by BJ the Chicago Kid, featuring the legendary Earth, Wind & Fire’s, Phillip Bailey. Also, new gospe...

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 6
Blue Dimensions M04: New music from Kirsten Edkins from her album "Shapes & Sound"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Kirsten Edkins' new album "Shapes & Sounds."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KHNS, KMUW and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Episode #716 - R&B Influences: Delta Rhythm Boys
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
The "Juke In The Back" takes a deep look at The Delta Rhythm Boys, one of R&B's early influences. They never scored the hits like the Mills Brothe...

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


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.04-January 23-29, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Les McCann
We'll pay tribute to the late, great Les McCann, spin some tunes from the Crescent City courtesy of The Meters and Chocolate Milk, and celebrate Ge...

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


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
865: The Year Of Return / 866: Wintering In The Wild, 1/20/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
New music from The Whispers
From: KMUW
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A smoldering new single by The Whispers, “Maybe the Fire Isn’t Out” along with classics from the talented Patrice Rushen, Boz Scaggs and Kool & Th...

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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Patti Nolan - 858
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Missoula based jazz singer and song interpreter Patti Nolan joins host John Floridis for her first visit to Musician's Spotlight. Born in Seattle,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 2
AG 24-05: The Two Williams: Spencer and Clarence, 1/29/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer Williams and Clarence Willi...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00

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