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Martin Luther King Day commemorates his efforts to bring about social equality. We celebrate with songs extolling equal rights and affirming an aff...
- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
We'll spin spooky tunes from Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Stevie Wonder, Rockwell and Redbone, Toots and the Maytals and The Jimmy Castor Bunch!
Bought by WOMR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KZUM, KAAD-LP and more
- Added: Oct 21, 2023
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 11
Sounds Jewish celebrates Black History Month with hot Jewish music performed by African-American singers and instrumentalists
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Prof Mikey finds a treasure trove of blues tunes right next to the red ornaments and green tree.
- Added: Dec 13, 2022
- Length: 56:24
- Purchases: 3
We preview the NFL Championship games we also discuss the MLB hall of fame and we talk about Kobe Bryant on the 2 year mark of his tragic death
- Added: Feb 01, 2022
- Length: 01:02:43
Cariad Harmon and her partner John Kesling embark on a long-awaited cross-country road trip. Cariad interviews locals and fellow travelers of all k...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Sep 02, 2021
- Length: 28:33
- Purchases: 1
Desaun Watson is back in the news again with the FBI looking into his sexual misconduct case. We also talk about the Yankees being the hottest team...
- Added: Aug 24, 2021
- Length: 59:56
See the world differently as we explore travel and beauty through the eyes of a gifted BIPOC plus-sized model.
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 15:14
A caring black musician is dedicated to convincing Ku Klux Klansmen to leave the organization through the power of music and conversation.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
"Something better is always at the horizon." - Lynn Nottage
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KCRW, KWMR, KMUN, KUOW and more
- Added: Nov 05, 2020
- Length: 01:58:02
- Purchases: 19
From: Brian Bahouth
Dom Flemons is an American singer/songwriter who has been recording albums and touring for the last 15 years. He rose to prominence with the Africa...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 31:16
Reporter Kamilah Kashanie looks into the controversy behind a statue in a historically Black neighborhood on Martha's Vineyard.
- Added: May 30, 2019
- Length: 10:40
This time we profile street musician Bongo Joe, who recorded a cult favorite for Arhoolie Records, in 1968.
- Added: Apr 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...
- Added: Apr 13, 2018
- Length: 21:17
Poncho’s Latin Spirits break the ice so Guy Davis can make a blues home. Pianist Jay McShann represents another KC pianist Mary Lou Williams, and P...
Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 01:59:58
- Purchases: 7
In this "Live from Minnesota" performance, Somali singer Dalmar Yare and Bob’s Band perform at the Cedar Cultural Center. The show concluded the 20...
- Added: Aug 22, 2016
- Length: 28:36
Chris Foreman plays Sundays in Church. And every Friday night, he's at Chicago's legendary Green Mill — playing the funky Hammond B3 organ in a nig...
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 04:21
What role did African-Americans play in the Revolutionary War? "Chains" - the first in a trilogy by Laurie Hulse Anderson - takes us to Manhattan i...
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 21:04
Pioneer jazz flutist Frank Wess sports spirited while Puerto Rican rhythms abound with beauty via Willie Colon. Exotic rhythms interpreted by Ted G...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, and WOUB
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 3
The infamous poet Nikki Giovanni reads from her recent books, CHASING UTOPIA, BICYCLES, and ACOLYTES and discusses the influence of history, commun...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and WABE
- Added: Sep 17, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
What does it take to be a spy? We ask a real FBI agent and talk to writer Anthony Horowitz about his James Bond Jr.: Alex Rider in "Stormbreaker."
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 19:02
Recently at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, Ayana Contreras caught a documentary about Death, a 1970s all-black proto-punk band out of Detroit. The do...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 08:18
- Purchases: 2
The first segment welcomes back guest DJ John Mueller, bringing his taste in vocalists and US west coast jazz. Sounds then evolve thru Latino rhyt...
- Added: Sep 23, 2014
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 2
Fabulous funk in Fred Wesley and Jimmy McGriff, genius in soul with a sanctified Milt Jackson appearing each hour. Big bands meet myriad rhythms i...
- Added: Sep 16, 2014
- Length: 01:59:54
- Purchases: 2
