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Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Blind Tom Wiggins, Credit: www.bookforum.com
"Ebony Classics - The Color Rainbow" continues displaying the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - A Bright Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Robert Nathaniel Dett, Credit: Wikipedia
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 53:21
  • Purchases: 1
Austin Musician Jonathan 'Chaka' Mahone
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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As one-half of Austin's 'Band of the Year,' (RAS) Riders Against the Storm, Jonathan 'Chaka' Mahone is a born musician. Knowing that it's truly 'bi...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 07:04
NL 21-18: Ellington Ending: Duke Ellington 1967-73, 4/26/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the last years of his life, and no longer with the services of longtime writing partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to compose mem...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
Meet percussionist and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Albert "Tootie" Heath, Credit: Ghylian Bell and Mychal Watts
Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.

Bought by KMUW and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Apple Seed - On the Outside
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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From time to time, we all feel as though we're "on the outside." In this episode of The Apple Seed, we share some tales about "outsiders." This col...

Bought by KKRN, KSJE, KCHW, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 4
2108: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson + A Conversation with Kevin Willmott, 2/25/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, filmmakers Ali Leroi and Stanley Kalu discuss the process of bringing The Obituary of Tunde Johnson to the screen. And later...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
The Shondaland Revolution (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
The Shondaland Revolution (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Shondaland Revolution (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, KVSC, KMUN, WFHB and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Shondaland Revolution (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by KHEN-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
WGR's Summer Streaming List (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WCMU Michigan, KXCV and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
WGR's Summer Streaming List (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, WSGE, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
WGR's Summer Streaming List (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by WSGE, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
M.C. El Bee: Not Changing That for Anyone
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: M.C. El Bee, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Meet Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Roscoe Mitchell, Credit: Ken Weiss
Music and conversation with NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell

Bought by WDCB and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 20-15: Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s, 4/6/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
BURDEN -- Andrew Heckler and Robbie Brenner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Andrew Heckler and Robbie Brenner talk metaphors, obligation, and looking for the hole.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 19:21
The unique voice of bassist Reggie Workman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Reggie Workman , Credit: Richard Kohler
Bassist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman talks about his storied career

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 1
Actor Ayana Workman keeps flexing her theatrical muscles
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ayana Workman
Actor Ayana Workman talks about working on Branden Jacobs Jenkins play, Everybody--an updated version of a 15th century morality play and a big ch...

Bought by KZUM and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Here's singer/songwriter Crys Matthews
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Crys Matthews
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
NL 19-40: Our Delight: The Music Of Tadd Dameron, 9/30/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
VISION PORTRAITS -- Rodney Evans interivew
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rodney Evans, San Francisco, CA, 6/28/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rodney Evans talks evolution, humor, and blindness as a point of view.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 20:08
Good Time Blues
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Tom Cairns provides an excellent full hour selection of Good Time Blues.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00