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Caption: The Chambers Brothers
We'll hear music from your favorite films from Deodato and Billy Paul, spend time Standing in the Grits Line with Don Covay, and get Funky with The...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Hubby Jenkins on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singer and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins plus old time string band ...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 58
Caption: Bobbi Humphrey
We'll partake of Skunk Juice with The Pazant Brothers and Homemade Jam with Bobbi Humphrey, and invite you to Move Your Hand with Lonnie Smith befo...

Bought by WOMR, KZUM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Mabel Scott was an incredibly versatile artist. She was a pianist, pop vocalist, R&B chanteuse and could shout the blues with the best of 'em. Howe...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WUTC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" presents part 2 of our 2 part vintage Christmas Rhythm & Blues extravaganza that Matt The Cat is calling "Cool Yule." Dig on...

Bought by KSRQ, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Rufus Thomas
We'll get in touch with our animal natures with Cab Calloway (The Viper's Drag), Dr. Horse, and Rufus Thomas (The Funky Penguin), take the Funky Bu...

Bought by WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 14
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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a trio of songs from each of a trio of trios. Music from JD Allen, Hays Street Hart, and Ray Gallon.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" begins a 2 part Holiday Music Extravaganza with a tribute to Santa Claus. This week, we find the "man in red" doing the boog...

Bought by KSRQ, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: The Fatback Band
We'll Do the Bus Stop with the Fatback Band, hit the dance floor for the Astrological Soul Train with Bobby Boseman, and Shout Bamalama with Otis R...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KZUM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 14
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3 free hours of swingin’ new jazz for the 2023 Holiday season

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KCCK, KRVS, WVAS, and KETR-FM


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
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3 free hours of swingin’ new jazz for the 2023 Holiday season

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KCCK, KRVS, WVAS, and KETR-FM


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Drop a nickel in the ol' Rockola Juke to hear one of the best selling and most influential bluesmen and guitarists of all-time, T-Bone Walker. This...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, WUTC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Don Bryant
We'll merge into a transit set with Don Bryant's Expressway to Your Heart, Cross Bronx Expressway, and, finally, a ride on the Double Dutch Bus wit...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Salt Lick Sessions: Dre Scot Episode, Credit: @iamdrescot
This episode, host Beane is hanging out with the R&B singer Ciara calls "a once-in-a-lifetime vocal talent”: Dre Scot. Known to many as two-time ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to feature The Channels, one of New York City's finest and most influential vocal groups of the mid-1950s. Earl Lew...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, WUTC and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Dorothy Ashby
We'll sling slabs of greasy funk from Dyke & the Blazers, John & Ernest, and The Isley Brothers, hear a doo-wop Frank Zappa cover by The Persuasion...

Bought by WOMR, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KAAD-LP, KCCU Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
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Welcome to “Unveiling the Ancestors,” a radio special that sheds light on who we are today by looking at WHO came before us. I'm your host, Anne Ho...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2023
  • Length: 53:10

  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to spotlight one of the great contributors to early Rhythm & Blues. Van "Piano Man" Walls released a few records u...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Curtis Mayfield
We'll hear songs of hope and uplift from the Kahil El'Zabar Quartet, Curtis Mayfield, and Nina Simone, spin a set of Afrobeat from Seun Kuti & Egyp...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, Prairie Public, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
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Music from pianist Emmet Cohen's fifth "inter-generational" project, featuring saxophonist Houston Person

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" honors one of the greatest blues shouters of all-time, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. Matt The Cat covers Vinson's ear...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10