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The music of Elmore James is explored in this episode.
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 59:25
A Young bluesman who's passion is keeping the flame of the Blues lit along with the acknowledgment of, and giving credit to, it's ancestral roots.
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
An unsung guitar hero of the blues who made a BIG mark very few know about.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 59:01
Johnny Tucker was a sideman for many bands over the years beofre goinf solo. Now he has another album of his own to share with us today.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:08
A Chicago bus driver has some music to share that will blow you away!
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:22
Mr. Jack shares his personal favorite BB King albums.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 54:46
"I Hear Some Blues Downstairs" Mr Jack takes you on a musical Journey with Blues musician Fenton Robinson
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 01:00:02
Jontavious Willis is a young musician in his 20s who is a multi-instrumentalist on a mission to keep the blues alive by following in his mentors (T...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:22
Time travel today back to a time when a person could experience the raw sound and feel of early Chicago Blues on a Sunday afternoon in 1964 at the ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:10
Junior Wells was a large contributor to the "new" sound of the Chicago Blues after WWII. He was a highly sought after harmonica player in the early...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:38
An active musician in the world of Blues since he was a youth under his father's wings, Bernard Allison is still going strong after some 37 years o...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:52
HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Hip H...
- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, many people agree reparations are due, but what would they look like? How about a...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...
- Added: Oct 18, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...
- Added: Mar 30, 2018
- Length: 28:16
HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
The Legacy of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and A Sermon to White America
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 57:58
- Purchases: 2
Dramatist Anna Deavere Smith discusses her technique of interviewing real people to use their stories on stage. She talks about the School to Priso...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR
- Added: Dec 01, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
One of the greatest moments in 2013 came when Deltron 3030 made their long-awaited return. After 13 years, the teaming of Del the Funky Homosapien,...
Bought by KUCB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 3
The immortal words of Martin Luther King Jr... Pizarro, the vanquisher of the Incas -- is vanquished. And the British First Fleet sails to Sidney...
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 02:38:56
Tonight we discuss the groundbreaking graphic novel series,March, an engaging and award-winning first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis’s life...
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 01:00:17
Join the team onThe Pine as they visit with Ted Ginn, Executive Director of the Ginn Academy.
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 18:12
There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Feb 20, 2015
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
