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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
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
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
Writer’s Voice spends the hour with James Forman, Jr., talking about his groundbreaking book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black Ame...
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:28
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 2
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
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
In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...
Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 24
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
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
This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 06:57
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we put the Checker label in the spotlight. Started by Phil and Leonard Chess as a subsidiary imprint in 1952, Checker issued some specta...
- Added: Feb 04, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2016. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...
- Added: Jan 14, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we dig into some of the great recordings made by Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label during the 1960s. This time we’ll be focusing on some ...
- Added: Jan 02, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we explore some of the rarest of the rare — John Tefteller's legendary collection of Paramount 78s. One of the most important blues labe...
- Added: Nov 28, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #304 - Goin' Down To Eli's: Robert Nighthawk & Friends, Live on Maxwell Street, 1964
From: Steve c/o Ernest FranzSeries: Blues Unlimited
If you like your blues raw and gritty, then join us as we head down to Maxwell Street. That’s where filmmaker Mike Shea went with his cameras in 19...
- Added: Oct 04, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we dig through the remains of the Parkway label, a Chicago independent who was only in business for a short time during the first few mo...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us for our annual gospel show! Guest host Brother Hawkins will lead us on a journey down to Memphis and the Hill Country, to hear music from M...
- Added: Sep 02, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we take a trip down to the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola — once called the worst prison in America. John and Alan Loma...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 06, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
As a composer and a horn player, Archie Shepp is a consummate innovator, never ceasing to push music forward.
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 12
Join us for the start of a new series, dedicated to the great song writers of the blues. Our first installment pays tribute to Leroy Carr, who wrot...
- Added: Jun 23, 2016
- Length: 01:58:59
Pamela Spoto, educator and Peace and Justice advocate, co-hosts again. Our guest is Kevin Alexander Gray. He is is a civil rights organizer and a...
Bought by KMUD
- Added: May 30, 2016
- Length: 59:13
- Purchases: 1
