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Blues File: Little Walter
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Commentary & Career Retrospective on Little Walter, who was inducted into R&R Hall Of Fame

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
Love is the Message: The Story of Philadelphia International Records
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour radio special looks back on Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's influence on the music and culture of Philadelphia

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
The Illusion of Inclusion
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Context for the subprime mortgage crisis and why it hits minorities hardest.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Jimmy Blythe
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Jimmy Blythe "Messin' Around Blues"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 7
Blues File: Warner Williams & Jay Summerour
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "Down 'N' Dirty" by Warner Williams & Jay Summerour

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Adam Gussow "Journeyman's Road"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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interview with harmonica player and author Adam Gussow

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and WQJC


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Philadelphia Jerry Ricks
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of life and music of Philadelphia Jerry Ricks

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: L. A. Blues Alliance
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of L. A. Blues Alliance album "What A Life"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Lurrie Bell
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review Lurrie Bell "Let's Talk About Love"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 4
Booker T Washington National Monument Hardy Virginia
From: Patricia Lawrence
Series: 400 Years of History across Virginia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We are exploring the Booker T Washington National Monument in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2007
  • Length: 12:39
Blues File: Nappy Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Nappy Brown album "Long Time Coming"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Bobby Rush
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of album "Raw" by Bobby Rush

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
You Got To Know How To Pony: The Story of Chris Kenner
From: David Kunian
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A 34 minute documentary about the New Orleans singer and songwriter Chris Kenner.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 34:19
Blues File: Sterling Harrison
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Sterling Harrison's album "South Of The Snooty Fox"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Sugar Blue's "Code Blue"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Sugar Blue album "Code Blue"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: The Blues of Elvis Presley
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Elvis Presley's blues

Bought by WDNA, KKRN, KKRN, KFOK-LPFM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 7
Blues File: Mem Shannon: A Night At Tipitina's
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Mem Shannon: Live: A Night At Tipitina's

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah on "Cosmopolitanism" -- and psychologist Marc Hauser on "The Moral Mind."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast speaks with Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah about his new book, "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" -- followe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Marie Knight
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Marie Knight "Let Us Get Together"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 4
Active Voice Radio 6-15-07: Gerald Horne- The Deepest South: The US, Brazil and the African Slave Trade
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on AVR we're going to explore America's history of slavery with Gerald Horne, Morris Professor of African American studies at the Univers...

Bought by KSFR and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 2
Blues File: Willie McBlind, blues in Just Intonation
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review Willie McBlind, blues band using "just intonation" tuning

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4
Sprawling of America
From: The Environment Report
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Hour-long documentary on the costs and causes of urban sprawl.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 18
Blues File: Big T and Junebug
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "meet Me In The Cotton Field" by Terry "Big T" Williams & Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Hamilton Loomis
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Hamilton Loomis: Ain't Just Temporary

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Big Joe Duskin
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Remembrance of pianist Big Joe Duskin

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WDNA, KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 5

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