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Willie Tyler is a ventriloquist who, along with his partner Lester, has been making a living in show business since the 1960s when he was hired as ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 35:53
An extended trailer to the upcoming public radio documentary, produced by Paul Ingles, on the early emergence and on-going stellar career of musici...
Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and Louisville Public Media
- Added: May 21, 2022
- Length: 10:42
- Purchases: 2
Kevin Clash made Sesame Street’s Elmo the global phenomenon he is today. He worked with The Muppets starring as Clifford, who went on to host Mupp...
- Added: Feb 16, 2021
- Length: 01:34:21
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:04
Tarish Pipkins performs puppetry under the name Jeghetto. The creations that emerge from Jeghetto’s Workshop are incredibly unique and endlessly fa...
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 36:32
Neo soul plus the move to chemical-free hair.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 55:00
Music and conversation with Chicago jazz pianist Alexis Lombre whose debut album "Southside Sounds" came out this year.
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.5 WSNC, KKRN and more
- Added: Apr 26, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
On this episode of Overheard, two PBS legends. First a sit-down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. followed by filmmaker Ken Burns.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
n this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian look at one man's version of how Jazz began and go behind the scenes of the original cast recordin...
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 59:59
In this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of the Houston Grand Opera's 1976 recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Th...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
Gregory Pardlo, the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, debunks the theory that African American fathers are disinterested parents. Pardl...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 29:08
- Purchases: 1
This hour features tributes to Smokin' Joe Kubek, Dave Lyons, and great new release Blues music.
- Added: Oct 14, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
On fifty-two square miles of rural land in Kankakee County Illinois there is a unique sand savannah sandwiched between corn and soybean fields wher...
- Added: Aug 09, 2015
- Length: 11:26
Johnny Full-Time is joined for conversation and music by multiple Blues Music Award winner and BB King Entertainer of the Year, Janiva Magness.
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than three dozen novels, including The Thicket, Edge of Dark Water, The Bottoms, and A Fine Dark Line. He has...
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 15:19
This week, Johnny Full-Time is joined by Dr. Gary Burnett, author of the new book 'The Gospel According To The Blues.'
- Added: Mar 31, 2015
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
Jason’s first novel was inspired by a dream in which his late mother visited him. He goes on to describe his day job while he was writing the book ...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 09:55
- Purchases: 2
Don Malcolm talks chance meetings, cultural metaphors, and the courage of convictions.
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 17:25
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director, A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer, Ms. Cissy Houston.
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 20:00
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes and Terry "Harmonica" Bean in concert in Philadelphia
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 6
Johnny Full-Time sits down for conversation with Kelly Richey about her new CD, her new band, and much more. There's also music from the new album,...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Doug Seroff, co-author of a book about some of the most popular songs of the ragtime era, talks about his part in writing the comprehensive study '...
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 05:00
Host Phalana Tiller talks with retail executive Tony Spring and filmmaker Ava DuVernay about customer-centric sales and marketing.
And Rick Wartzm...
- Added: Jun 08, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Art Stewart Motown producer and engineer. Art worked with the
crème of the Motown artists and producers.
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 32:13
This is the story of THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS from the only female member of the group. ALOHE BURKE who now goes by RAMI is the only sister of this famo...
- Added: Jul 20, 2011
- Length: 54:31
