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WoodSongs 1051: Torznzo Cannon and Ben Levin
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Toronzo Cannon on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes electrifying Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon plus Cincinnati blues pianis...

Bought by KTRL, Radio Bristol, KMSU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
Episode #701 - Lavern Baker, Pt. 1 - 1949-54
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, th "Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, LaVern Baker, got her start. It's part one of a two part feature on the...

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


  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2023.41- October 10-16, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Voices of East Harlem
We'll fly high with The Voices of East Harlem, hear a rehearsal take of Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way," and tip our hats to birthday Librans with C...

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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions L41: We're "Still Listening" to the new album from pianist & composer Jahari Stampley
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring music from pianist/composer Jahari Stampley's album "Still Listening"

Bought by KMUN, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Ballad of the Brown King
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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Dr. Louise Toppin, a preeminent performer and scholar specializing in the concert repertoire of African American composers, presents the world prem...

Bought by KTEP, WUFT, WCQS, WWNO, WRKF and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 82
Episode #700 - Open The Door, Richard!
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, for the 700th episode of "Juke In The Back," Matt The Cat digs deep into the racks n' stacks o' shellac to bring you a solid hour on tha...

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


  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
UpFront Soul #2023.40- October 3-9, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Fishbone
We'll hear funky and soulful covers from The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Jimmy McGriff, Billy Paul, and Fishbone, get the spirit with a live performance fr...

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:43
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions L40: On "Between Two Worlds" Terell Stafford explores the balance of work and personal life
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Between Two Worlds" the new album from trumpeter Terell Stafford, and new music from Hilario Durán, Dave Goldberg, Mike Clark, and Aaron Diehl.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Episode #699 - Red Robin Records
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" salutes one of R&B's greatest unsung labels, Red Robin Records. Bobby Robinson started Robin Records in 1952. It ...

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2023.39- September 27-October 2, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Alice Coltrane
We'll spin a spiritual side from Alice Coltrane, spend some time Hangin' Out with Bobby Hutcherson, and enjoy some Chocolate Milk and Black Sugar.

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:24
  • Purchases: 14
WoodSongs 1086: Larry & Joe and Sistah La La
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Larry & Joe on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Larry & Joe two master musicians who merge Appalachian bluegrass with tra...

Bought by KUCO, KMUN, KBRW, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 38
Blue Dimensions L39: Lonnie Liston Smith's album in the "Jazz Is Dead" series
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Lonnie Liston Smith in the "Jazz Is Dead" album series

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #698 - Chuck Willis, Pt. 2 - 1954-58
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
"Juke In The Back" completes its 2 part special on the great Chuck Willis. This week, in part 2, we focus on Chuck's amazing crossover success in t...

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


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
UpFront Soul #2023.38- September 19-26
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Coasters
We'll shake it all up and see where it lands on this eclectic edition of UpFront Soul, featuring a transcendent Indo-jazz interpretation of Pharoah...

Bought by Raven Radio, KMUN, WOMR, Prairie Public, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Episode #697 - Chuck Willis, Pt. 1 - 1951-54
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke" features part 1 of a 2 part special on the great and much underrated Chuck Willis. Most cats n' chicks know Chuck's 1957 smas...

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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2023.37- September 12-18
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: The Olympics
We'll do the Hully Gully Twist with King Curtis and The Slop with The Olympics, spin brand new funk direct from Japan from ENDRECHERI, and hear The...

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


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 14
Episode #696 - Willie Mabon
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Willie Mabon scored 2 #1 R&B records with "I Don't Know" and "I'm Mad" in 1952 and '53 respectively. Having 2 #1s ensured that he would never be fo...

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


  • Added: Sep 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2023.36 September 4-11, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We'll celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with music from Mahalia Jackson, the SNCC Freedom Singers...

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


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
825: Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds / 826: Growing Justice, 9/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Blue Dimensions L36: Vibraphonist Behn Gillece's album "Behind The Bars", a debut album from bassist Vicente Archer, and John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, previously unissued recordings from 1961
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New music from vibraphonist Behn Gillece, a debut album as band leader from bassist Vicente Archer, and John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy recorded at...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KMUW, WRGY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Episode #695 - The Du-Droppers
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat presents another highly underrated vocal group from the 1950s: The Du-Droppers as part of a full hour of 1940s and '50s rhythm & blues...

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


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2023.35 August 29-September 4, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Fela Kuti
We’ll swing with Blanche Calloway and her little brother Cab, get soulful with Rasheed Ali, and delve into Afrobeat with Femi Kuti, his dad Fela, a...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KHNS, RADIOLEX, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:38
  • Purchases: 14
BLACK LIVES MATTER meets BLACK ROCK CITY
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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One principle guiding Burning Man is "Radical Inclusion." But it's never been racially diverse. Activists like Favianna Rodriguez are changing that.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 56:11

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