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Tribute To R&B, Soul, Funk & Disco of the '60s & '70s
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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There would be precious few great hits of the '60s and '70s if it weren't for the thrilling sounds of R&B, Soul, Funk and Disco and the black artis...

Bought by KSRQ and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:24
  • Purchases: 2
Black History: African American Tony Winners
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Black History: Saluting African American actors who have won the Tony Award for roles in musicals.

Bought by KVNO, WMNR, and WJAB


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:27
  • Purchases: 3
Joe Frank & Julius Lester-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Julius Lester
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:36
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
Blues America 117 - Tail Dragger
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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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
Fats Domino-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Fats Domino
A thirty minute tribute to one of the founders of rock & roll- Antoine "Fats" Domino, featuring some of his classic recordings, interviews and actu...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:52
The Motown Story
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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With an $800 loan, Berry Gordy, Jr. started what is arguably the most successful independent record company in history, MOTOWN.

Bought by KSRQ, WMNR, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:41
  • Purchases: 3
Chuck Berry-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Chuck Berry
Celebrating Chuck Berry-One of founding fathers of Rock & Roll with tributes from Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Carl...

Bought by Prairie Public and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Emergence of Otis Redding
From: Paul Ingles
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A lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, music writers, ...

Bought by WHRV, KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 23
Diana Ross Plus Rock, Pop & Soul
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Diana Ross is arguably the most commercially successful female vocalist of the 20th century. Hour 2 of American Jukebox surveys her six decade career.

Bought by WUFT, WEZU, Royalton Community Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:45
  • Purchases: 4
Shakespeare is a Black Woman
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Politics

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KCPW Salt Lake City, WVPE, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
Remembering Selma: 50th Anniversary
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
Caption: March to the Music
The music that accompanied the historic civil rights march, in March 1965.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:52:19
The Race to an Emergency--(2 Part show)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When you call 911, who answers the phone? How do they decide who to send to the scene, and how fast will they get there? We bring you a 2-part spec...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
Jazz-O-Rama #28: "The Early Bebop of Bird, Diz, Tad, Miles & Dexter"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered Bebop 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...

Bought by KTXK, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
Robert Penn Warren Archive Humanizes Leaders Of The Civil Rights Movement
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Caption: Pulitzer Prize winning poet and novelist Robert Penn Warren., Credit: Vanderbilt University
In 1964, Southern man-of-letters Robert Penn Warren traveled the country with an old reel-to-reel tape recorder and spoke with dozens of men and wo...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Ratatat Man – The little drummer boy comes of age.
From: WNIN
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Fill out your holiday schedule with this contemporary radio drama.

Bought by WUKY, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WUKY, MPR News Stations, WUKY and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 9
The Fabled George Cables
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: George Cables
Veteran pianist George Cables still wows audiences.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Jackson- Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: The King of Pop
A tribute mix to the "King of Pop" who changed and shocked the world over his short fifty years in front of us all.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:23
Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Caption: Alfre Woodard
From The Kitchen Sisters and PRX, a Black History Month Special: "Can Do: Stories of Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs," with host, Gol...

Bought by WDDE, 90.5 WESA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WKMS, WHRV and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 130
A Musician's Life: C.J. Chenier ( the prince of Zydeco music)
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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As a young sax player, C.J. Chenier planned to pursue a career in jazz. Then his father Zydeco great Clifton Chenier, recruited his son to play in...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The R&B Chronilces - The Temptations
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Exploration of R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 5
The R&B Chronicles - The Jackson 5
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WFSU, WEFT, NPR Illinois, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Moran on Monk
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Pianist Jason Moran on Thelonious Monk

Bought by KVNF and KUT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Max Roach--Drums Unlimited
From: Ben Shapiro
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Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil ...

Bought by WFIU, High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 47
Black History Month (Musicians from Philadelphia): King Britt
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Musicians from Philadelphia
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A short profile of Philadelphia born DJ, remixer and record producer King James Britt

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1