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Gettin' Down Kool & The Gang
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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Coming up on Soulsations, a conversation with Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool & The Gang. We’ll share their new music and "Get down on it, Get down on i...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
TSSAAPR240501 The Soul Show remembers Nick Daniels III of N.O.'s Dumpstaphunk
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join Mike Canton for a tribute to Nick Daniels III, half of the double-bass unit of Dumpstaphunk. This Big Easy band is renowned on the funk and j...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Modern Notebook for February 25 - March 2, 2024 (Ep. 234)
From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook
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On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Just a fraction of the music written by composer Julia Perry survives in a way that we’re able to ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Morehead State Public Radio, KECG, GCR (Global Community Radio), Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 7
TSSAAPR240214 The Soul Show: The Catalyst, Norman Connors
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
As a BHM evergreen feature, this episode presents the catalog of 70's bandleader/composer/producer/musician Norman Connors, who was instrumental in...

Bought by KCHW and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 2
Modern Notebook for February 18 - 24, 2024 (Ep. 233)
From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook
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On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Shawn Okpebholo’s work “lullaby | ballad | spiritual” is a work in which he sought to highlight the r...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KECG, WDAV Classical Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 6
WoodSongs 1051: Torznzo Cannon and Ben Levin
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Toronzo Cannon on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes electrifying Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon plus Cincinnati blues pianis...

Bought by KTRL, Radio Bristol, KMSU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
Rhythm Atlas 290 2023-06-12 Juneteenth & Black Music Month Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this week’s special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, host Denis McGilvray celebrates Juneteenth and Black Music Month. The playlist shines a light o...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 1024: Cary Morin & Lilli Lewis
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Lilli Lewis on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots-infused Native Americana artist Cary Morin plus powerful award-winn...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KSRQ, WVTF and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
AG 23-08: Live Nina!, 2/20/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul,” was an enigmatic and eccentric figure in the world of jazz. This week on Afterglow, we’ll feature Simone...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
WoodSongs 835: Sweet Honey in the Rock
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy winning folk and civil rights legends, an all-woman, African-Am...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Radio Bristol, GCR (Global Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 49
675: Taking Pop Seriously / 676: African Cities Of The Future, 3/26/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
Celebrating Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Black Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1930s & 40s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A hour-long program of jazz music, exploring the music of African-American singing ensembles in the decades of the Great Depression and the Second ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WEZU, and WNCU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
EP179 Memphis Minnie
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Tribute to one of Blues music's great contributors, Memphis Minnie.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:54
Rhythm Atlas 191 Black Music Month / Juneteenth Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special EVERGREEN edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month and Juneteenth. African American Musi...

Bought by WJAB, WVIA, KUCB, New Hampshire Public Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
EP164 Out Came the Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Some historical recordings from another era.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
EP163 Sweet Tea by Buddy Guy
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A revisit to a great album by Buddy Guy recorded in 2001.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
EP148 Blues for 2020
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:13
EP143 B.B. King Live at The Regal
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A virtual trip back in time to November 21st, 1964 to Chicago's Regal Theater to hear B.B. King

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:49
Rhythm Atlas 139 2020-06-13 Black Voices of Protest from Around the World
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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June is African-American Music Appreciation Month - originally proclaimed as Black Music Month by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. We’ll expand on t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
EP 140 Robert Cray
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A career spanning 50 years, Robert Cray is a major mainstay in the world of Blues music.

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
EP134 Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A great album from 1999. The album is "Double Shot" by Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown.

  • Added: May 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:06
EP77 Sonny Boy Williamsin II
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
Caption: Sonny Boy II
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
459: Why Do We Meet? / 460: Hip Hop Future, 2/29/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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