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Join us as we pay tribute to a firebrand guitarist, Pat Hare. Joining up with Howlin’ Wolf when he was just a teenager, he went on to record with J...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join as we get into our time machine, and journey back to Dallas, December 1927. That was when Columbia Records became the first major label to mak...
- Added: Apr 14, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of 1968 and 1969. We’ll hear from Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Este...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us for part two of our special on the legendary interviews of Studs Terkel and Big Bill Broonzy. We’ll hear stories, conversation and song, al...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we take an extended look at the legendary interviews of Studs Terkel and Big Bill Broonzy. We’ll hear stories, conversation and song, al...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we take a ride down to Jackson, Mississippi, to hear some lowdown harmonica. We’ll hear from the master — Sonny Boy Williamson, plus, Pa...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and WJSU
- Added: Feb 21, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...
Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
Presidents often disappoint us. Professor Rowland Brucken reads from his book, A Most Uncertain Crusade: The United States, the United Nations, and...
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Karen Abbott talks about her book Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. It’s about four courageous women of the Civil War who made history. And later, we ...
Bought by KUHF, KWMU St. Louis, KUOW, KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 13
Join us as we take a look at narrative traditions in the blues. Starting with Speckled Red in 1929, we’ll hear classics along the way from Bo Diddl...
Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, Radio New Zealand, and WJSU
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us as we continue with another installment of Desert Island Classics, this time around, putting a legendary slice of vinyl, "Drop Down Mama," ...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jan 19, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2014. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...
- Added: Jan 11, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...
- Added: Jan 09, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
Join us for another installment of "Desert Island Classics." This time, we turn the spotlight on three LPs that came out on the Imperial label in 1...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we pay tribute to the BluesTime label — a short-lived subsidiary imprint of Flying Dutchman. Their main claim to fame was a legendary al...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Dec 24, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us for one of our favorite traditions — the annual Christmas show! We’ll have some old time classics for you, from Leroy Carr, Walter Davis, a...
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and WJSU
- Added: Dec 14, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the rarest 78s of all time. We’ve got some real classics from the 1920s and 30s, that have exactly one thing in ...
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for another installment of our ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, we’ll hear from Furry Lewis, Big Joe Williams...
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we wrap up our tribute to J.O.B. Records. A legendary imprint run by a man named Joe Brown, J.O.B. recorded some of the finest talent th...
- Added: Nov 10, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In the 19th century, Richmond, Virginia was central to the American slave trade, earning the city more than 4 million dollars annually. A new exhib...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 02:42
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we aim the spotlight on J.O.B. Records. A legendary imprint run by a man named Joe Brown, J.O.B. recorded some of the finest talent the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for the start of a new series, called "Desert Island Classics." The idea is to showcase blues albums that are so essential, you wouldn't wa...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we pay tribute to the hot, jazzy guitar of Calvin Newborn. Coming from a renowned musical family, he made his recording debut at the age...
- Added: Oct 17, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, no particular theme, just two hours of our favorite Down Home Rhythm Rockin' Blues. We’ll hear from Woodrow Adams, Lightnin’ Slim,...
- Added: Oct 12, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
