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199: The Secret Spot Episode 199: Spotlight On The Isley Brothers, 4/20/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
Caption: The Isley Brothers, Credit: Angie Pham
A smooth curated blend of the very best Slow Jams

  • Added: Apr 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:49
Blue Dimensions M16: Melissa Aldana's "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana's new album "Echoes Of The Inner Prophet"

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Episode #728 - Groove Records
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
In late 1953, RCA Victor launched a new subsidiary to focus on the Rhythm & Blues market, called Groove Records. It's hard to imagine, but Piano Re...

Bought by WHRV, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, KCSM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.14-April 16-22, 2024- Poetry Month Special
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Gil Scott-Heron
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...

Bought by KSTK, WOMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KAAD-LP, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
200: The Secret Spot Episode 200: Spotlight on Smokey Robinson, 4/13/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
Caption: Smokey Robnson
From studios along The Boston Common, spend an hour with Smooth R&B, Vintage Soul and Slow Jams: The Secret Spot

  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:13
TSSAAPR240410 The Soul Show's regular R&B potpourri
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
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Bought by KCHW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
New Brownies (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KIYU-FM, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
New Brownies (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
New Brownies (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
New Brownies (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Remember, Celebrate, and Sing: Geoffrey Lamar Wilson
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Laamar at First Ave's Best New Bands show in 2024, Credit: James Napoli
In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:39
Episode #727 - Lil Greenwood
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" pays tribute to the great R&B vocalist, Lil Greenwood. You'll hear her greatest early recordings from 1950-1954, before she ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Musician's Spotlight - Sona Jobarteh - 865
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer, songwriter, composer Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh visits with host John Floridis on this edition of Musician's Spotlight. Sona is a master...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
238: The Secret Spot Episode 238: Spotlight On The Drifters, 4/6/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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Listen to The Secret Spot for the smoothest new tracks and deepest throwbacks in R&B and Soul

  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:54
UpFront Soul #2024.13 - April 9-15
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Smokey Robinson
We'll spin songs of love, emotion, and devotion from Smokey Robinson, Joan Armatrading, and Pharaoh Sanders, and hear songs of brotherhood from Cur...

Bought by WOMR, KAAD-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Deeper Grooves Episode 1
From: Cliff Beach
Series: Deeper Grooves Radio Show
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Featuring James Brown, Pointers Sisters, Neil Francis, Orgone, Hiatus Kaiyote, Cory Henry, Anderson.Paak, Bruno Mars, The Rebirth Brass Band, Nate ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
TSSAAPR240403 Tributes - Jazz/R&B Pioneers Casey Benjamin and Donald Hepburn
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Casey Benjamin, Credit: soulshowmike image, 2014
Join Mike Canton for an evergreen tribute to Casey Benjamin of the Robert Glasper Experiment and Donald Hepburn of the 70s group Pleasure. Both ge...

Bought by KCHW and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Dimensions M14: New Hill Country Blues From Cedric Burnside
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Mississippi's hill country from Cedric Burnside, and a new live album from folk-blues artist Eric Bibb

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
853: From Nashville to Nairobi: The History of Country Music in Kenya, 4/4/2024
From: Afropop Worldwide
Series: Afropop Worldwide
Caption: Steve Rogers
In this episode, we trace the history of country music in Kenya dating back to the 1920s and 30s when local populations first heard Jimmie Rodgers ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
UpFront Soul #2024.12 - April 2-8
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Kool and the Gang
We'll warm up with toasty tracks from Kool & the Gang, James Reese & the Progressions, and The Hesitations, hear sweet love songs from Joan Armatra...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Episode #726 - Percy Mayfield: 1949-60
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Some songwriters and singers just know how to tap into deepest regions of sadness, passion and truth. Such is the musical prowess of Percy Mayfield...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
237: The Secret Spot Episode 237: Spotlight On Nancy Wilson, 3/30/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
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Listen to The Secret Spot to touch every era of R&B, Soul, and Slow Jams

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
TSSAAPR240327 The Soul Show: Celebrating Estelle Axton, Founder of Stax Records
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join host Mike Canton for this WHM-relevant but evergreen celebration of Estelle Axton, who co-founded the label that launched Otis Redding's caree...

Bought by KCHW and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 2

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