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The Tail Dragger got his name from the Howlin' Wolf and is one of the most notorious singers on the Chicago blues scene over the past 35 years. He ...
Bought by KMUW, WLPR , WYAP, KRZA, Public Radio East and more
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 57:55
- Purchases: 10
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...
- Added: Nov 19, 2017
- Length: 29:00
He's a familiar face around Boston. Now hear what this mystery man has to say about music, race, street violence and bringing joy to the city he lo...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 06:10
- Purchases: 1
Kiki Petrosino imagines an escape from a fairy house.
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5
A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 59:00
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
Anita Monga talks restoring fragments, revolutionary women, and honoring the legendary film preservationist, David Shepherd.
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:20
Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 29:30
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome vocal powerhouse from Austin, Texas Ruthie Foster plus East Nashville base...
Bought by KDLG, KJJF, WETS, WOUB, RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 10
Music and conversation with Chicago jazz pianist Alexis Lombre whose debut album "Southside Sounds" came out this year.
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.5 WSNC, KKRN and more
- Added: Apr 26, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. Directed and produced b...
Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and XRAY.fm
- Added: Apr 17, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singing group from the west end of Louisville, Kentucky and finalists on ...
Bought by KDLG, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, WLPR , WOUB and more
- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 9
We continue Black History Month with Phyllis Becker. Coordinator of the Riverfront Reading Series in Kansas City, her own publications include the ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...
- Added: Feb 09, 2017
- Length: 28:16
- Purchases: 2
In 2010, Michael McIntosh’s son was incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in the small town of Walnut Grove, Mississippi. On...
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 32:55
We’ll look at three songs: “Strange Fruit” sung by Billie Holiday (and recently sampled by Kanye West); “We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gill Scott Hero...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Jan 03, 2017
- Length: 55:38
- Purchases: 2
Julie Dash talks cultural authenticity, validation, and the unexpected gifts of Hurricane Hugo.
- Added: Dec 04, 2016
- Length: 14:38
Craig Atkinson talks keeping calm, taking rides, and getting traction.
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 32:49
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes an acclaimed U.S. soul-blues collective lead by Cyril Neville Royal South...
- Added: Sep 30, 2016
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 9
Black Lives Matter protesters take over a city council meeting to protest against police killings of blacks, and how Ty're King's death overlapped ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2016
- Length: 03:00
Sue Jay Johnson talks charisma, working fast, and fighting cultural stereotypes.
- Added: Jun 13, 2016
- Length: 14:15
Anita Monga talks color, tattoos, and Rene Clair.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 22:47
Princess Shaw talks imagination, fighting through the storm, and the best day(s) of her life.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 16:02
Ramona Tascoe and Abby Ginzberg talk raised consciousness, protective armor, and being willing to die for a cause.
- Added: May 15, 2016
- Length: 31:09
Don Cheadle talks commitment, new connections, and being real.
- Added: Apr 05, 2016
- Length: 16:32
