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Black History Month Jewish Style
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish commemorates Black History Month with great Jewish tunes performed by African-Americans and some Jewish-Americans – plus many of the ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
257: Black Food: Liberation, Food Justice and Stewardship , 2/14/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Karen Washington and Bryant Terry, Credit: Alex Akamine
The influences of Africans and Black Americans on food and agriculture is rooted in ancestral African knowledge and traditions of shared labor, wor...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M05: Trombonist and composer Javier Nero makes a musical journey to ancient Kemet, "The Black Land"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trombonist Javier Nero visits Kemet ("The Black Land") a society in ancient Egypt that pre-dated ancient Greece.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
20240129: Read And Ride, 1/29/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Blue Dimensions M04: New music from Kirsten Edkins from her album "Shapes & Sound"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Kirsten Edkins' new album "Shapes & Sounds."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KHNS, KMUW and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Celebrating MLK
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Martin Luther King Day commemorates his efforts to bring about social equality. We celebrate with songs extolling equal rights and affirming an aff...

Bought by WLPR and KALW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions M02: Music Celebrating Baltimore From The Late Carl Grubbs
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from the late saxophonist/composer Carl Grubbs, who died January 5th at age 79.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions M01: The Memphis Blues Box
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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songs from "The Memphis Blues Box," a collection of over five hundred blues songs from the Memphis area from 1914 to 1969

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blue Dimensions L51: A Trio Of Songs From Each Of A Trio Of Trios — JD Allen, Ray Gallon, Hays Street Hart
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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a trio of songs from each of a trio of trios. Music from JD Allen, Hays Street Hart, and Ray Gallon.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions L49: Pianist Sullivan Fortner Is At The Top Of His "Solo Game"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new solo album from pianist Sullivan Fortner.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions L48: Trumpeter Anthony Hervey's impressive debut "Words From My Horn"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from "Words From My Horn," the debut album of trumpeter Anthony Hervey.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions L47: Emmet Cohen Teams Up With Houston Person On An Intergenenerational Project
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from pianist Emmet Cohen's fifth "inter-generational" project, featuring saxophonist Houston Person

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
265: Midwifing a Movement: Community Birth Centers and the Care Economy, 11/15/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Indra Lusero
In this episode, we visit with Leseliey Welch and Indra Lusero, parents and birth justice advocates who are helping lead a movement to create commu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Blue Dimensions L46: Recent Blues Releases Of Note Including The Count Basie Orchestra's "Basie Swings The Blues"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Recent blues releases, highlighting the new album from The Count Basie Orchestra, "Basie Swings The Blues," with special guests including Shemekia ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Blue Dimensions L44: Wayne Escoffery's "Like Minds"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from saxophonist Wayne Escoffery from the album "Like Minds" and from saxophonist George Coleman in concert at Smalls Jazz Club in New Y...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Blue Dimensions L43: Ron Blake's identity is clear on his album "Mistaken Identity"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from saxophonist Ron Blake from his album "Mistaken Identity"

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blue Dimensions L41: We're "Still Listening" to the new album from pianist & composer Jahari Stampley
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring music from pianist/composer Jahari Stampley's album "Still Listening"

Bought by KMUN, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions L40: On "Between Two Worlds" Terell Stafford explores the balance of work and personal life
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Between Two Worlds" the new album from trumpeter Terell Stafford, and new music from Hilario Durán, Dave Goldberg, Mike Clark, and Aaron Diehl.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
EE 23-39: Jessica Wilson talks about what we get wrong when we focus on weight, 9/22/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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“Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health with dietician Jessica Wilson.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Blue Dimensions L39: Lonnie Liston Smith's album in the "Jazz Is Dead" series
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Lonnie Liston Smith in the "Jazz Is Dead" album series

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9

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