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Episode #730 - Elmore James: 1951-55
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
Elmore James never tried to have crossover success. He was a bluesman through and through; an ambassador of the Mississippi Delta Blues with a mode...

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
198: The Secret Spot Episode 198:Patti LaBelle Spotlight, 4/27/2024
From: WERS
Series: The Secret Spot
Caption: The Godmother Of Soul, Credit: Kasvi Bhatia
Curated from studios along The Boston Common, The Secret Spot is like a time tunnel for R&B and Soul

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:48
Jehmu Greene on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Jehmu Greene encourages us to listen intentionally and have uncomfortable conversations. She was a progressive Political Analyst at FOX News for ov...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 30:56
Baratunde Thurston on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Baratunde Thurston describes his experiences as a Black man in nature and the influence his mother had on his positive outlook. He’s a comedian, wr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:22
Blue Dimensions M17: The Salerno Concert — Bob Mover & Walter Davis, Jr. in concert in 1989
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Salerno Concert" — an album of a 1989 concert featuring saxophonist Bob Mover and pianist Walter Davis, Jr.

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
TSSAAPR240424 The Soul Show's regular eclectic brew
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
This is not your grandparents' soul show :)

Bought by KCHW


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 33 - 'Hunt The Good Stuff' feat Duncan Kirkwood
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Resilience is a choice.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 57:37
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #729 - The R&B of RCA
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
Like Columbia and Decca, RCA Victor released some stellar Rhythm & Blues during the late 1940s into the early 1950s, before the label signed Elvis ...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
UpFront Soul #2024.15-April 23-29, 2024
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Seun Kuti
We'll celebrate those born in Taurus with Cannonball Adderley, spin a set of Afrobeat from Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, The Lijadu Sisters, and Ebo Taylor...

Bought by KMUN, WOMR, KAAD-LP, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
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
California Dreams and Flossie’s Mississippi Tamales
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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Gravy shares the story of Flossie’s, a restaurant serving Mississippi-style hot tamales in Los Angeles, and the mother-daughter dream that fueled it.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 55:32
Mahalia Jackson's Glori-Fried Chicken
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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Gospel star Mahalia Jackson used fried chicken to push for economic empowerment in the Black community.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 25:24
Georgia Omnibus Voter Suppression Law Banning Line Warming, Curtailing Drop Boxes & Restricting Mail-In Voting Goes on Trial
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Georgia Omnibus Voter Suppression Law Banning Line Warming, Curtailing Drop Boxes & Restricting Mail-In Voting Goes on Trial

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Angelica Community Radio, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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
Suzan-Lori Parks Shows Up!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Suzan-Lori Parks, Credit: Tam Shell
“Making the world, not just living in it”: Suzan-Lori Parks discusses her current play, “Sally and Tom.”

Bought by WMPG, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 7
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
Ancestral Dreaming with Stephanie R Burns, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Connecting with our ancestors through dreaming, an interview with Dr. Stephanie R. Burns. We can choose to communicate only with benevolent ancesto...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 53:32

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