PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 56:40
PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...
- Added: Jun 22, 2010
- Length: 57:43
- Added: Sep 18, 2008
- Length: 05:34
- Purchases: 1
Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU
- Added: Dec 23, 2007
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
Composer Mark Camphouse and conductor Marcellus Brown recall the time they wrote and performed a piece of music about, for and with Rosa Parks.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Nov 28, 2005
- Length: 06:40
- Purchases: 1
