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This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
A tiny Minnesota company tried to make a business out of selling spicy, beef pastries to local Somalis. But folks in that community wanted to make ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2018
- Length: 04:10
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
A doctoral student in education seeks to discover solutions to health inequities in the St. Louis region and beyond.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 12:15
HOUR ONE: "Why Make Art?" - Most of us stop making art around middle school. What can we learn from the people who never stopped? HOUR TWO: "Gate...
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 50:20
A college education can leave some students with a health debt.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Dec 23, 2017
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 5
In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...
- Added: Oct 13, 2017
- Length: 30:36
A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
LTR!s July showcase, Discover HAITI, offers an interesting sidebar to second most populous
country in the Caribbean at 10.6 million. It was the fi...
Bought by KISA Digital Studios
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 01:03:13
- Purchases: 1
An hourlong program of classic jazz, exploring a collection of influential jazz material know as "The Birth of the Cool" recorded by a circle of mu...
Bought by Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...
Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 11
What does it take to win an NBA Championship? On Monday night, June 12th, Oakland's Golden State Warriors, aka "Dub Nation" silenced the Cleveland ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2017
- Length: 44:31
It's official! The Golden State Warriors are the 2017 NBA Champions! Life of the Law honors the team and each of the players with this special epis...
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 19:38
What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 48:40
