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New Orleans Brass Band
From: Richard Paul
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New Orleans Brass Band described

Bought by KUT and WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 2
Delta Blues - Super Chikan
From: Richard Paul
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James "Super Chikan" Johnson helps explain the Delta Blues

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
A Blue Melody-A Shuffle Beat
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Blues Journey
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The elements that make a Blues

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Spreading the Joy of Blues
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Blues Journey
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How the Blues was spread

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
A Lasting Legacy
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Blues Journey
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How the blues grew and changed

Bought by WABE and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
Got Them Blues: A History
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Blues Journey
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Overview of how the Blues became the most important music to develop in Ameica in the 20th century

Bought by WETD and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
Blues, What You Mean To Me
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Blues Journey
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Common themes in the Blues

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
To Dream an Anarchist's Dream...
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Anarchists in Baltimore try to open and run a totally free store

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
Blues File: Mem Shannon: A Night At Tipitina's
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Mem Shannon: Live: A Night At Tipitina's

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
The "N" Word: It Represents Hatred
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Veralyn Williams reports on the use of the N-word.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Marie Knight
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Marie Knight "Let Us Get Together"

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


  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Willie McBlind, blues in Just Intonation
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review Willie McBlind, blues band using "just intonation" tuning

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
100 Families Oakland
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This arts program attempts to generate positivity in Oakland, CA

Bought by KZSC and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
Blues File: Big T and Junebug
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "meet Me In The Cotton Field" by Terry "Big T" Williams & Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Hamilton Loomis
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Hamilton Loomis: Ain't Just Temporary

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Me and George W (No good deed goes unpunished)
From: Richard Frohlich
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Storyteller De Cee Cornish tells a tale of two boys from very different worlds who met one day in Houston, TX

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Big Joe Duskin
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Remembrance of pianist Big Joe Duskin

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WDNA, KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 5
Samuel L. Jackson en francais
From: Sarah Elzas
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The French voice behind the image onscreen

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Racial Cleansing in America
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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A short doc exploring the curious legacy of a "racial cleansing" in a small Kentucky town.

Bought by WRPI, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Carey Bell remembrance
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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remembrance of Carey Bell who died May 6, 2007

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Robert Jr. Lockwood "Steady Rollin' Man"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Robert Jr. Lockwood "Steady Rollin' Man"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: May 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
More than Pimps and Pushers: A Lotta Love, Too
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Come to the game and see a Chicago neighborhood from a new point of view.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KZYX, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Last Call for Alcohol
From: KCUR
Series: KC Currents
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Jazz was born in Kansas City during the prohibition, but what happens when 1920s-era hangout stops serving liquor?

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
Blues File: Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of self-titled album from Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 4

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