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Blues File: review Albert Collins "The Iceman At Mount Fuji"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Albert Collins "The Iceman At Mount Fuji"

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: review Robert Cray album "Twenty"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of new Robert Cray album "Twenty"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: preview 2005 Pocono Blues Festival
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Preview: 2005 Pocono Blues Festival

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Apr 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Macavine Hayes
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Review of Macavine Hayes's album "Drinkhouse" and a look at the rural blues of the southeastern states through this artist & album.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 7
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
The War of the Gods
From: Matthew Cowley
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Epic poem about the Ali-Frazier fight (The Thriller in Manila) by James Tokley.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, KUT, KCUR and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2005
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 7
Jews & Blues: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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The story of how Jewish and African-American music came to be mingled is the story of how the soundtrack of the American Century came to be written

Bought by WCPN, 90.5 WSNC, KSFR, WNIJ, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2005
  • Length: 01:02:30
  • Purchases: 13
Chuck Berry and Rock & Roll
From: Lester Graham
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The history of Chuck Berry and rock & roll.

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, 90.5 WSNC, WHQR, and Public Radio East


  • Added: Jan 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 4
Rock, not Rocky
From: WHYY
Series: Olympics
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Philadelphia welterweight Rock Allen is fighting on the US Olympic Team.

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10
Don't Take The Colors Apart
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Amerasian Playwright Velina Hasu Houston learned early on to have pride in her identity through her African American father and Japanese mother.

Bought by KVSC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUER, KVSC, KUT and more


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 17
School Front Office
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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You're going to the Principal's office. But don't worry. There's a nice lady down there

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KSJD, PRX Remix, KCUR, and KUHB


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 5
Parking Ticket Writer-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The most hated woman in the world -- the parking ticket writer -- gives her side of the story

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KPIK-LP, KSJD, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 8
Garbage Man-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUT, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
Barber Shop-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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Keeping community alive along an aging business strip that's either all the way down or well-on-its-way-up.

Bought by Raven Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Raven Radio, XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 8
A Day In The Life Of A Vice Principal
From: Richard Paul
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The 1,000,001 things that fill the day of an inner-city vice principal.

Bought by KUOW and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 04, 2004
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 2
Barber Shop-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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Keeping community alive along an aging business strip that's either all the way down or well-on-its-way-up.

Bought by KUOW, KUHB, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 27, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 3
Healthy Babies
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The van that's keeping babies healthy one mother at a time.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUHB and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 7
Garbage Man-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 11
Parking Ticket Writer-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The most hated woman in the world -- the parking ticket writer -- gives her side of the story

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHB, WUAL, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
The '63 March: The Aftermath
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fourth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Empowered by the march and stirring ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEAA, KRUA, WMNF, WJAB and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 9
The '63 March: Forty Years Later
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6
The '63 March : Convergence on the Capitol
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the second in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrations were viewed suspi...

Bought by WABE, WEAA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
Grand Old Flag
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag?

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1

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