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Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Big band hits remastered by Joe Bev on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"In the Mood", "Begin the Beguine" and "Stompin' At The Savoy" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 23th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:35
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Leesa Dean (right), Credit: Adrien De Martini
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA  12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
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Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: Steve Edwards/Host Producer, Credit: Steve Edwards
Its that time of the year again when Public radio takes a leap of faith to its core listeners and beyond to generate pledges and donations in order...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:57:19
Caption: Steve And Al jarreau, Credit: Kim Lindsey
Steve Edwards Presents Series is a one hour special featuring celebrity artists sharing words and music live in studio. Its gripping radio at its b...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:23
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Art Stewart Motown producer and engineer. Art worked with the crème of the Motown artists and producers.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 32:13
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Comedian Darryl Littleton...wrote the book on "Black Comedians on Black Comedy". If you're a Bigot, you won't like the next 5 minutes.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: Imakhu, from her show, "Wednesday's African Child"
Storyteller Imakhu's popular African American version of this classic comical folktale about a hateful man who will not die. From Imakhu's one-woma...

Bought by KUT and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
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guitarist Lionel Loueke performs with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 1
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The swank mailbag is overflowing with controversial questions.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
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Storyteller De Cee Cornish tells a tale of two boys from very different worlds who met one day in Houston, TX

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Kirsten and her father don't really talk to each other, but they still connect: through video games.

Bought by XRAY.fm and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Bought by WSLR, WABE, KUT, KUT, WJAB and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 10
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Portrait of a guy who picks up dead animals for a living for the DC Dept of Sanitation.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRNC-LP, KXOT Public Radio, Third Coast International Audio Festival and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 10