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2232: Writing Shang-Chi with Dave Callaham + Fact v Fiction, 8/11/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from Dave Callaham, the screenwriter behind Marvel’s Shang-chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Later in the episo...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Actor Jacob Ming-Trent talks about the heater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jacob Ming-Trent
Jacob Ming-Trent talks about his career on stage playing Shakespeare, why he left and why he returned.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., PRX Remix, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Bessie’s Jazzy Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions K32: Shemekia Copeland "Done Come Too Far"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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powerful new songs from Shemekia Copeland, and pianist Ethan Iverson teams up with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jack DeJohnette, a superb tr...

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Willie Tyler (Laugh-In, Motorcity Revue, Hello Dummy) – Under The Puppet #55
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Willie Tyler & Lester, Credit: Willie Tyler & Lester
Willie Tyler is a ventriloquist who, along with his partner Lester, has been making a living in show business since the 1960s when he was hired as ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 35:53
Blue Dimensions K31: Katalyst's Contribution To The Jazz Is Dead series, and some new blues, including a song from the late Shonka Dukureh
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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album #13 in the "Jazz Is Dead" series featuring Katalyst with series producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, plus new blues from Shemeki...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Vue Orleans: A Love Letter to New Orleans
From: World Footprints LLC
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See New Orleans like you've never seen her before atop a 34th floor observation deck and experience the richness of New Orleans history as cutting-...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions K27: Four Artists Provide "A Composite Supreme"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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four different artists each play one part of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions K26: Some Blues — recent blues songs from Kat Riggins, Vanesse Thomas, Larry McCray, & more
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Recent blues recordings from Kat Riggins, Vaneese Thomas, Larry McCray, and more

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Smokey Robinson - Legend Series
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 912 (Air Dates: June 20 - 26, 2022) This week on Art of the Song for our Legend Series, we revisit our 2015 interview with Motown artist Smo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
09: The Crowning Years Of Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin, 6/11/2022
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
Caption: Aretha Franklin: The Queen Of Soul, Credit: Ainsley Basic
A look at Aretha's early years that paved the way to her becoming a legend

  • Added: Jun 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:26
Blue Dimensions K24: Christian McBride "Live At the Village Vanguard"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Christian McBride "Live At the Village Vanguard" and music from the album "Relief" a project to raise funds for the Jazz Foundation of America's Mu...

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


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this special (offered this month of June - A...

Bought by WJCT, KUNM, KGOU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (2 HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this three hour special (offered this month ...

Bought by KMUW, KUNM, KGOU, WGBH Radio Boston, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Trailer To: THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER
From: Paul Ingles
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An extended trailer to the upcoming public radio documentary, produced by Paul Ingles, on the early emergence and on-going stellar career of musici...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 21, 2022
  • Length: 10:42
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions K21: Everybody Say "Yeah!" The Music of George Freeman
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Everybody Say Yeah!" an album featuring guitarist George Freeman

Bought by WNMU-FM, KJZX-Austin, Prairie Public, WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Blue Dimensions K20: Cameron Graves: Live From The Seven Spheres, And Guitarists "Play Tribute" To Pat Martino
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new live album from Cameron Graves, where he re-invents his own earlier music, and guitarists "play tribute" to Pat Martino

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KRPS and more


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions K19: Soul Conversations with Ulysses Ownes Jr.
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Soul Conversations with the Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
2022 Silent Film Festival -- Artistic Director Anita Monga Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Artistic Director Anita Monga talks exorcising the evil of BIRTH OF A NATION with DJ Spooky, why Buster Keaton i...

  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
StoryCorps Griot: Rob Maiden and Daniel Jacob
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Daniel Jacob and Rob Maiden at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, TX in 2014., Credit: Liyna Anwar for StoryCorps.
Rob Maiden tells his friend and fellow Mavs ManiAACs performer, Daniel Jacob, about what led him to join their hip--hop dance group of self--procla...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensiosn K17: Pianist Oscar Peterson At His Best — In Concert In Helsinki In 1987
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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the late great Oscar Peterson in concert in 1987, playing music from Bach to Ellington

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions K16: Jorge Garcia with Richie Cole and Hendrik Meurkens
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Guitarist Jorge Garcia working with two of his favorite musicians, the late saxophonist Richie Cole, and harmonica player Hendrik Meurkens on the ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Take Me To The River New Orleans
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to the film, "Take Me To the River New Orleans." The Story of of NOLA's diverse music culture told through a series o...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WYSO, KALW, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Tony Lindsay: One of the Worst Things That We Can Do
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Tony Lindsay, Credit: Shefik
Change - Tony Lindsay is a producer and director, known for "Where Hearts Lie" (2016). The film features such notable actors as Clifton Powell ("Ra...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:42

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