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Hour 4: What is Jazz Singing?

From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers

The talents of jazz singing legends Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McCrae, and Sarah Vaughan help us understand improvisa...

Bought by KECG, KSRQ, WPVM 103.7, KZYX, WFIU and more

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 59:04
Purchases: 23

Hour 3: Straight Out of the Church

From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers

From early spirituals to gospel to blues to jazz, singing as an expression of deep emotion evolved, with the various strains blending into each oth...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, WRTI, WMUH and more

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 22

Hour 2: Saturday Night Function

From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers

Jazz was born amidst revelry and ribaldry. Jazz vocals have, from the beginning, dealt with the earthier side of life. Artists such as Dakota Stato...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, WFIU, WRTI and more

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 25

Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues

From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers

Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida, WFIU and more

Added: May 12, 2022
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 30

New Brand Browsing: Diverse Stores Add New Chapter to Minnesota's Mall History

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Local business owners, such Donna Green of Dreams and Diamonds (top right, with sales rep Kelando Roberts) and Doie Lemi of DMoxi (bottom right) are building community and a loyal customer base at Northtown Mall, Credit: Mike Moen

Minnesota and indoor shopping malls have a high-profile history, with the Mall of America getting all the love. But some slightly smaller spots are...

Added: May 02, 2022
Length: 04:26

Musician's Spotlight - Brandee Younger - 815

From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight

Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP

Added: May 01, 2022
Length: 59:16
Purchases: 2

EP196 Salute to Chicago Blues Masters

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.

Bought by WLPR

Added: Apr 30, 2022
Length: 57:29
Purchases: 1

Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo

From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers

This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida, WMUH and more

Added: Apr 28, 2022
Length: :30
Purchases: 13

StoryCorps Griot: Harold Lucas, Jr., D'Lorah Butts-Lucas, and Darryll Lucas

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: D’Lorah Butts-Lucas, Harold Lucas, Jr. and Darryll Lucas at their StoryCorps interview in Daytona Beach, Florida on March 21, 2022., Credit: Jarrod Sport for StoryCorps.

Harold Lucas, Jr. sits down with his daughter, D’Lorah Butts-Lucas, to remember seeing Jackie Robinson train to become the first Black player in M...

Bought by WYAP

Added: Apr 21, 2022
Length: 03:07
Purchases: 1

EP192 Veterans of the Blues

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.

Added: Apr 15, 2022
Length: 01:00:02

#22-16 Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered

From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon

The Catalyst Quartet play works by Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price

Bought by WNIJ, KPOV, WVTF, Rhythm & News Service, WCNY and more

Added: Apr 08, 2022
Length: 58:30
Purchases: 9

Impact Coalition

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we talk to Stephen MacDonald, the Impact Coalition Manager at the Lucas County Family Council in Toledo-Lucas Cou...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Apr 04, 2022
Length: 06:06
Purchases: 1

Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd

We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 08, 2022
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 6

667: Growing Justice / 668: Everything Is Exhausting, 2/26/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Everything is Exhaus...

Added: Feb 25, 2022
Length: 01:58:59

WoodSongs 989: The BB King Blues Band

From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs

Caption: BB King's daughter Claudette King on the WoodSongs Stage.

On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes The BB King Blues Band with special guests Claudette King and Michael Lee .

Bought by KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVTF, KEDT, KKRN and more

Added: Feb 23, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 42

EP191 Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

A well established blues duo from Canada

Bought by WLPR

Added: Feb 17, 2022
Length: 59:57
Purchases: 1

Rod Graham: The Fight Over Affirmative Action

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Back in 2016 the US Supreme Court established that the University of Texas could continue to consider race as a factor in admissions, in order to e...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Feb 15, 2022
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Jazz, Brass and Voices

From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time

This title says it all. This is a program featuring Jazz ensembles accompanied by a choral group or a spiritual setting. This is a good quality J...

Added: Feb 15, 2022
Length: 01:01:33

EP190 Lightnin' Hopkins 1959

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WLPR

Added: Feb 12, 2022
Length: 58:11
Purchases: 1

Messin' Around

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Feb 10, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

A Lesson Before Dying

From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works

Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Feb 09, 2022
Length: 01:58:02
Purchases: 11

2206: Inside the Writers Room: Empire + A Conversation with Virgil Williams, 2/10/2022

From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®

This week on On Story we’ll hear from some of the writing team behind the first season of the immensely popular Fox drama series EMPIRE and later w...

Added: Feb 09, 2022
Length: 54:00

WoodSongs 1027: WoodSongs Kids Celebration

From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs

Caption: The Wallace Sisters on the WoodSongs Stage.

On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon it's a celebration of WoodSongs Kids from across the country for the entire bro...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KZUM, KKRN, KBRW, KENW and more

Added: Feb 08, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 31

RDD: The Freedom of Choice

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we tell the story of Chuck Ealey's long and winding road to the College Football Hall. Especially long ...

Bought by WRFA-LP