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At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Tom Cairns provides an excellent full hour selection of Good Time Blues.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Country Blues from the 1920's to the current day.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Craig Atkinson, San Francisco, CA 10/21/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Craig Atkinson talks keeping calm, taking rides, and getting traction.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 32:49
Caption: Stanley Nelson, San Francisco, CA 10/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:03