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WoodSongs 1072: Sugar Harp and Gail Ceasar
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Sugar Harp on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Alabama bluesman Sugar Harp plus Piedmont blues artist Gail Ceasar.

Bought by KDLG, KTRL, KMXT, KBRW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 39
WoodSongs 1046: Hubby Jenkins and Down Hill Strugglers
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Hubby Jenkins on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singer and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins plus old time string band ...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 58
Salt Lick Sessions: Dre Scot
From: Salt Lick Incubator
Series: Salt Lick Sessions
Caption: Salt Lick Sessions: Dre Scot Episode, Credit: @iamdrescot
This episode, host Beane is hanging out with the R&B singer Ciara calls "a once-in-a-lifetime vocal talent”: Dre Scot. Known to many as two-time ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
WoodSongs 1051: Torznzo Cannon and Ben Levin
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Toronzo Cannon on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes electrifying Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon plus Cincinnati blues pianis...

Bought by KTRL, Radio Bristol, KMSU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
WoodSongs 1086: Larry & Joe and Sistah La La
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Larry & Joe on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Larry & Joe two master musicians who merge Appalachian bluegrass with tra...

Bought by KUCO, KMUN, KBRW, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 38
WoodSongs 1037: Black Opry
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Kentucky Gentlemen on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Black Opry founder Holly G plus The Kentucky Gentlemen, Jett Holden, R...

Bought by Radio Bristol, KMSU, WLPR , WVRU, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
Up Close And Acoustic with Norman Taylor
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Norman Taylor, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Norman Taylor is a Philly-based Country-Blues artist. His style is based around such blues greats as Robert Johnson and Skip James, along with mode...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
WoodSongs 1024: Cary Morin & Lilli Lewis
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Lilli Lewis on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes roots-infused Native Americana artist Cary Morin plus powerful award-winn...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KSRQ, WVTF and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
WoodSongs 1018: Victor Wooten
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Victor Wooten on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes virtuoso bassist and founding member of the super-group Bela Fleck and th...

Bought by KUAR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KUPR low power FM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 44
WoodSongs 835: Sweet Honey in the Rock
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy winning folk and civil rights legends, an all-woman, African-Am...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Radio Bristol, GCR (Global Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 49
WoodSongs 1017: Bobby Rush
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Blues legend Bobby Rush on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes GRAMMY winning blues legend Bobby Rush.

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVIK, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 47
Colin Cutler and Dr. Bacon
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Colin Cutler is an Americana and roots, guitar and banjo driven singer-songwriter based in Greensboro, NC. We discuss the juxtaposition between h...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:22
Appalachian Vibes: Seed Picker, Thomas Thurman, Megan Jean's Secret Family
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
SW VA blues driven band, Seed picker,Thomas Thurman is a christian rock influenced singer-songwriter from SW Virginia, and Megan jean’s Secret Fami...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
675: Taking Pop Seriously / 676: African Cities Of The Future, 3/26/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
WoodSongs 989: The BB King Blues Band
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: BB King's daughter Claudette King on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes The BB King Blues Band with special guests Claudette King and Michael Lee .

Bought by KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVTF, KEDT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
WoodSongs 1027: WoodSongs Kids Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Wallace Sisters on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon it's a celebration of WoodSongs Kids from across the country for the entire bro...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KZUM, KKRN, KBRW, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Episode 34: Lost and Found
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
StoryCorps Griot and Military Voices Initiative: Alvy Powell and Yvonne Powell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Alvy Powell and Yvonne Powell at their StoryCorps Interview in Norfolk, Virginia on July 14th, 2021.
Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. talks with his sister, Yvonne Powell, about being the oldest enlisted soldier in the Army, and the role Yvonne played i...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WHRV, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 999: Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers and Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Gumbo, Grits & Gravy on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the International Bluegrass Music Awards Entertainer of the Year Award wi...

Bought by KTRL, KEDT, WETS, KRZA, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 46
Big Freedia, “Queen of Bounce” — no guns, more twerking!
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Big Freedia is credited with bringing New Orleans "Bounce" music to the rest of the USA, Credit: Brad Hebert
New Orleans musician Big Freedia is famous for her music and twerking; her life story and anti-gun activism are less well known.

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:29
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
WoodSongs 965: Amythyst Kiah and Joe Robinson
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Amythyst Kiah on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Southern Gothic folksinger Amythyst Kiah plus Australian virtuoso guitari...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol, WETS, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 34
Ma Rainey-a Celebration of the Blues and African American Performance
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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