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Blue Dimensions M10: "Queen Rising" from violinist Kersten Stevens with Christian McBride
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Queen Rising" a new album from violinist Kersten Stevens with Christian McBride as co-arranger and producer

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


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions K12: Great Blues Women, Diunna Greenleaf, Trudy Lynn, & Big Mama Thornton
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Houston, Texas singers Diunna Greenleaf and Trudy Lynn — and Big Mama Thornton in concert in 1979

Bought by KMUW, KKRN, WMOT, Royalton Community Radio, KRPS and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions K10: Catherine Russell sings with Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from singer Catherine Russell with Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra, and new music from singer and songwriter Eugenie Jo...

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


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Women on the Waterfront
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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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
Working through History
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We explore how Jim Crow maintains a strong legacy even today in the segregation of the American labor market. And:Now is the ideal time for work...

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WLPR , WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Working through History
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Women at Work
Jim Crow maintains a strong legacy even today in the segregation of the American labor market. Historian Steven Reich suggests ways to change that.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, KRDP, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H37: Roxy Coss's "Quintet" and Miles Davis's "Rubberband"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring the album "Quintet" from saxophonist and composer Roxy Coss, and previously unissued music from Miles Davis on the album "Rubberband"

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Blue Dimensions H10: Eloquent Sadness from Dory Previn; Good Vibes (and Marimbas) from Stefon Harris
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Moving songs from the late singer-songwriter Dory Previn, and new music from Javon Jackson, Stefon Harris, and Christian McBride.

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Savannah Music Festival LIVE - 903 - Rhiannon Giddens 2016
From: Savannah Music Festival LIVE
Series: Savannah Music Festival LIVE - Season Nine
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A performance given at the 2016 Savannah Music Festival in the North Garden Assembly Room at the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WUFT, WNMU-FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Becoming a doula for those who may need one most
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Client of doula Traver Riggins, 7 months pregnant., Credit: Leila Day
A doula is a woman who helps another woman through the process of childbirth. Traver Riggins says when she learned about how a doula could help, sh...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota: Sam Miltich interviews Charmin Michelle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Charmin Michelle
Renowned jazz musician Sam Miltich interviews Charmin Michelle about her music. Host Maddi Frick also brings us a feature on Bradfest 2012 in Two H...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 2
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Sarah Vaughan: The Land Of Hi- Fi
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Theresa Orlando plays the album and highlights the liner notes of this jazz gem recorded on October 26 and 27 1955, in New York City.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 20:49
Blues File: Koko Taylor "Old School"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Koko Taylor album "Old School"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KHNS, and WEFT


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 4