PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2020
- Length: 01:26
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...
- Added: Jul 20, 2020
- Length: 02:44
Faith - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional style...
- Added: Jul 13, 2020
- Length: 02:40
Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...
- Added: Jul 10, 2020
- Length: 02:25
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 1
"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 16:39
- Purchases: 4
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...
- Added: Oct 15, 2011
- Length: 56:36
He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace
- Added: Nov 18, 2010
- Length: 03:00
From: David Kunian
Part 1 of 2 part radio documentary about the legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker
Bought by Prairie Public, NPR Illinois, and WNCU
- Added: Jun 27, 2008
- Length: 56:29
- Purchases: 3
Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone
Bought by KUCB
- Added: Feb 17, 2006
- Length: 07:59
- Purchases: 1
