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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
Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Decades of discrimination have left millions of African Americans shut out of the housing market and at risk of being targeted by predatory lenders...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Hour 13: Today, Tomorrow...Forever?
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Is jazz singing alive and flourishing in this new century...bursting at the seams with both established artists and younger artists who bring diver...

Bought by WJSU, KZYX, KECG, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 12: Beyond Each Shining Sea
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
Caption: Host Al Jarreau and producer Jacquie Gales Webb, Credit: Jacquie Gales Webb
Jazz music is an indigenous American art form, but if you listen closely you will hear elements of Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Carribean...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 11: Jazz Singing and Civil Rights
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This program examines jazz singing as a means of social protest. Artists such as Nnena Freelon, Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong, Al Hibb...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 10: On the Road and In the Club
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singers tell it like it really is. Today's singers and yesterday's tell of their experiences, joys, trials and tribulations performing this mo...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7 and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 8: You Are What You Sing
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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The best jazz singers are constantly searching for great songs, both old and new. Artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diane Reeves, Allan Harris, ...

Bought by WJSU, KZYX, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 7: Scat, Bebop, Vocalese, and the Voice as an Instrument
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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With comments from Louis Armstrong, Anita O'Day, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Murphy, and Kurt Elling, this program will trace the evolution of the in...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFIU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 6: Ballads
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From Billie Holiday's soulful laments to Johnny Hartman's romantic ballads, jazz singers have used their interpretive powers to express the delight...

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  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 5: With a Little Help from My Friends
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz singing is usually a very singular art, with individual artists fastidiously honing their deeply personal styles and approaches. But, there is...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 4: What is Jazz Singing?
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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The talents of jazz singing legends Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McCrae, and Sarah Vaughan help us understand improvisa...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 24
Hour 3: Straight Out of the Church
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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From early spirituals to gospel to blues to jazz, singing as an expression of deep emotion evolved, with the various strains blending into each oth...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 23
Hour 2: Saturday Night Function
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Jazz was born amidst revelry and ribaldry. Jazz vocals have, from the beginning, dealt with the earthier side of life. Artists such as Dakota Stato...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 26
Hour 1: Steeped in the Blues
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Over the years the blues has influenced countless jazz vocalists. In the program, Big Joe Turner, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Billie Holiday, Etta Jon...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, KSRQ, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 31
New Brand Browsing: Diverse Stores Add New Chapter to Minnesota's Mall History
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Local business owners, such Donna Green of Dreams and Diamonds (top right, with sales rep Kelando Roberts) and Doie Lemi of DMoxi (bottom right) are building community and a loyal customer base at Northtown Mall, Credit: Mike Moen
Minnesota and indoor shopping malls have a high-profile history, with the Mall of America getting all the love. But some slightly smaller spots are...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:26
Musician's Spotlight - Brandee Younger - 815
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
EP196 Salute to Chicago Blues Masters
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Singers Generic 30 Second Promo
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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This is 30 second promo for "Jazz Singers," a thirteen-hour series hosted by award-winning singer Al Jarreau. "Jazz Singers" illuminates every styl...

Bought by WJSU, KECG, WPVM 103.7, WFIU, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 14
StoryCorps Griot: Harold Lucas, Jr., D'Lorah Butts-Lucas, and Darryll Lucas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: D’Lorah Butts-Lucas, Harold Lucas, Jr. and Darryll Lucas at their StoryCorps interview in Daytona Beach, Florida on March 21, 2022., Credit: Jarrod Sport for StoryCorps.
Harold Lucas, Jr. sits down with his daughter, D’Lorah Butts-Lucas, to remember seeing Jackie Robinson train to become the first Black player in M...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
EP192 Veterans of the Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:02
#22-16 Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Catalyst Quartet play works by Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price

Bought by WNIJ, KPOV, WVTF, Rhythm & News Service, WCNY and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
Impact Coalition
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we talk to Stephen MacDonald, the Impact Coalition Manager at the Lucas County Family Council in Toledo-Lucas Cou...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd
We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
667: Growing Justice / 668: Everything Is Exhausting, 2/26/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Everything is Exhaus...

  • Added: Feb 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

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