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At some point or another we've all known a person that's really into shoes, but have you ever met a "sneakerhead"? Produced at Vocalo (90.7 FM Chic...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 05:18
Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 23:59
Martin Woods talks to Audra Wilson about the challenges and the rewards of being a Black Operatic Baritone from the West Side of Chicago, and takin...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 08:55
- Purchases: 1
Vacation in quaint Ferguson, MO—come for the human rights violations, stay for the rubber bullets!
- Added: Sep 04, 2014
- Length: 01:32
Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 04:24
- Purchases: 5
Like Fox News, but wish it was more reactionary, racist, and condescending? Then check out Rupert Murdoch’s newest network: Redd Foxx News.
- Added: Sep 02, 2014
- Length: 02:20
In this episode, Todd and Kim interview Mandisa Thomas, Founder and current President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc., a non-profit fellowship of nonbe...
Bought by KFOI Radio
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 53:24
- Purchases: 1
Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Louisiana Swamp blues singer, composer and pianist Carol Fran looks back at her sixty year career.
Bought by KRVS
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 1
Host Joe Bev goes back in time to the 1970s for an unusual hour of jazz-rock fusion LP cuts.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDCB, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2014
- Length: 01:00:00
- Purchases: 3
In this edition of the Cutting Edge, we take a look at the musical phenomena remembered as the Motown sound. Born and bred in the shadows of the Mo...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 01:00:02
- Purchases: 1
Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 07:10
Sweet Poppa Lou talks about the musical roots of his swinging bop saxophone sound. [38:23]
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 38:23
- Purchases: 2
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Civil Rights Leader Bobby Seale, the band Adult Toys, and Orson’s Shadow in our ...
- Added: Feb 11, 2014
- Length: 58:20
On September 11, 1970, Jimi Hendrix gave an interview to Keith Altham. A week later Hendrix was dead. This was his final interview. It's Hendrix on...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 7
Funeral services for New Jersey’s last poet laureate, Amiri Baraka, was held at Newarks’ Symphony Hall earlier this week with several thousand peop...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 01:00:02
Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 4
Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London.
One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 09:46
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Dec 14, 2013
- Length: 11:13
- Purchases: 1
Bobby and Martini podcast from Branded Saloon in Brooklyn, to cover a monthly musical event called TINTR (This Is Not The Radio). The showcase is o...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 58:23
Can you flip your middle finger at a cop? Hunger In America. Climate Change. Two movies you must see. And what's wrong with the DCCC? Weekly series...
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 29:58
If you happen to walk by the Radio Habana Social Club on Valencia Street on a Sunday afternoon, you might hear Rumba, the music of Cuba. Radio Haba...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:00
Join Makalah for as she talks with celebrity stylist and fashion expert Ashley Dunn for awesome tips on female fashion; Take a trip back to the nin...
- Added: Jul 20, 2013
- Length: 07:58
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Illinois Jacquet is presented on the 31th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 59:22
- Purchases: 2
