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RaMell Ross talks sacred moments, turning reality into a dreamscape, and why there’s no such thing as a documentary.
- Added: Feb 18, 2019
- Length: 19:30
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal talk compassion, snap judgments, and the Michael Bay button.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 14:08
Famed sou-funk singer, Sweet Pea Atkinson of the 80's hitmakers Was (Not Was) releases his first solo studio effort in 30 years for Blue Note Recor...
Bought by WLPR , WART FM, Goat Radio, Public Radio East, WSLR and more
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 58:07
- Purchases: 13
Jazz singer Dianne Reeves believes in making music without boundaries.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 29:44
- Purchases: 2
One of the world's most successful music producers got his start as a jazz trumpeter, arranger, and bandleader. We'll hear recordings he made in th...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 59:01
Actor Dion has narrated hundreds of audio books and is an aural shape-shifter.
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 29:40
- Purchases: 1
Director Rob Meyer talks about the making of the independent film, Little Boxes.
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Feb 09, 2018
- Length: 28:28
- Purchases: 1
Hour One of 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, musi...
Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Jan 28, 2018
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 18
Executive Director of the Delta Blues Museum Shelley Ritter keeps the blues alive and honors its history.
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 22:42
- Purchases: 1
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
Vocalist Deelee Dube combines influences from South Africa, Britain and the US to sing a sultry tune or a funky blues.
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 07:08
Saxophonist Joshua Redman explains how each type of sax creates a different musical mood.
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 07:43
Nique Love Rhodes
We have a social entrepreneur of a different kind, she is a rapper! You will have an opportunity to learn how the social and bus...
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 39:03
- Added: Jul 03, 2017
- Length: 31:01
- Purchases: 1
An hourlong program of classic jazz, exploring a collection of influential jazz material know as "The Birth of the Cool" recorded by a circle of mu...
Bought by Radio New Zealand
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Anita Monga talks restoring fragments, revolutionary women, and honoring the legendary film preservationist, David Shepherd.
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 20:20
A look at one of hardbop's greatest front lines: Trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxophonist Wayne Shorter were two of the leading lights of the 1960s har...
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 58:59
A salute to hardbop pianist Freddie Redd, featuring recordings he made with artists such as Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks.
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 59:05
Jazz scholar and Lester Young box-set annotator Loren Schoenberg joins us as we look at the music the saxophonist made in the years following a dif...
- Added: Apr 20, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Jeff Adachi talks racism, reform, and the power of film.
- Added: Apr 15, 2017
- Length: 21:39
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
The author of Hidden Figures on the women behind NASA - The story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who brought down interracial marriage b...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, WVAS, WNSB, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 4
