PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

1100 results


Blues File: Irma Thomas
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of new Irma Thomas album "After The Rain"

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Harmonica Shah
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of new album "Listen At Me Good" by Harmonica Shah

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2006
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Guy Davis "Skunkmello"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of new Guy Davis album "Skunkmello"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WQJC and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: 35 X 35 from Alligator Records
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of "35 X35" 35th anniversary compilation from Alligator Records

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WQJC and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Catherine Russell
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
Review of forthcoming debut album by singer Catherine Russell

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


  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 5
Style Warz: an underground M.C. battle from the inside out
From: Aaron Henkin
Piece image
A look at Baltimore's preeminent M.C. competition, Style Warz, from the perspective of the rappers who square off in front of a live audience to do...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Helen Humes
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
career retrospective of blues/jazz singer Helen Humes

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


  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Big Mama Thornton
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
life & career of Big Mama Thornton

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KHNS, WEFT, WJAB and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 7
Blues File: Tail Dragger
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of Tail Dragger's recent album "My Head Is Bald"

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


  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 5
Black Classical Masters series: Bobby McFerrin
From: David Person
Piece image
Profile of classical and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin, with interview excerpts

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Art of Spitting: a radio portrait of Slick Vic Low
From: Aaron Henkin
Piece image
Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Robert Johnson's Grammy
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
a look at Robert Johnson's Lifetime Achievement award at the 2006 Grammys

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


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Burnside Exploration
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of Burnside Exploration's CD "The Record"

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


  • Added: Jan 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 6
George Clinton Interview
From: Dan Kramer
Piece image
George Clinton Documentry

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KGOU, WNCU, WGBH Radio Boston, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Otis Rush live at Wise Fool's Pub
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of new Otis Rush live album, featuring a show thirty years ago at a Chicago blues landmark

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: The Blues Transformed
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
a look at challenging efforts to produce the blues form in new ways

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, WEFT and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 9
Blues File: Sidemen take center stage
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
Blues File: a look at Blues sidemen becoming band leaders

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


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of "The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album"

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Jelly Roll Morton Complete Library of Congress Recordings
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of Jelly Roll Morton "The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax"

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 7
Shirley Horn
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Piece image
Shirley Horn passed away Oct. 20; listen to this tribute to her music.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, KGOU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Hard Time Killin' Floor, Skip James & Son House
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review of CD "Hard Time Killin' Floor"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 7
The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz
From: Reese Erlich
Piece image
A musical exploration of this lyrical and controversial style of jazz

Bought by KMUW, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WDUQ, WILL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 13
Musicians on the Record: Buddy Guy
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
Piece image
Blues man Buddy Guy reflects on his favorite album, B.B King's "Live at the Regal".

Bought by Musicians' Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDLG, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
McCoy Tyner
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Piece image
McCoy Tyner explains how he creates music for small groups, big bands and his Latin group

Bought by WEKU, North State Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Otis Taylor "Below The Fold"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Piece image
review new Otis Taylor CD "Below The Fold"

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 6