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Where are the millions?
From: MATCH School
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A student's journey in search of hope

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2006
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Phinney, author of 'Souled American'
From: KUOW
Series: Speaker's Forum
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Kevin Phinney looks at race relations, as seen through the prism of music.

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Mavis Staples
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Gospel and Soul singer David Dye reports on Mavis Staples and her family's beginnings and artistic evolution.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northwest Public Broadcasting, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Confederate States of America
From: KCUR
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Film-maker Kevin Willmott talks about his mockumentary CSA.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 1
BRENDA RUSSELL: The Color Purple, Music Past & Present
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Music & Interview, "The Color Purple", Brenda's music "Past & Present"

Bought by WJAB and WSGE


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Going in the Wrong Direction
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A commentary about Alito, Corretta Scott King and Civil Rights

  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
Al Green
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Host David Dye reports on soulman Al Green, the musical legend who has learned to balance the spiritual and secular in his music and his life.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 90.5 WSNC, KCUR and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Linton Kwesi Johnson
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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England's Linton Kwesi Johnson is the inventor of dub poetry. He's also been making reggae music about the Black experience in Great Britain since...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
Shemekia Copland
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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David Dye reports on Shemekia Copland, a young blues singer who's been compared to Koko Taylor and Tina Turner

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
Richie Havens
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Folk artist Richie Havens is best known for his marathon performance at Woodstock. In this profile--hosted by David Dye--Richie Havens talks about...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KEOS, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 4
Michael Franti
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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This profile of rapper Michael Franti offers insight into the evolution of an artist. Hosted by World Cafe's David Dye

Bought by KPIP-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUSP, Musicians' Radio, and KWCW


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 5
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67
Karsumo's Story
From: Hana Baba
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How one man went from an African war zone to performing on the stages of California.

Bought by KUSP and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Full Circle
From: Hana Baba
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Hip hop migrates to Cuba, and back again

  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 05:51
Blues File: Robert Johnson's Grammy
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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a look at Robert Johnson's Lifetime Achievement award at the 2006 Grammys

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and KUHB


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 5
House of the Lord
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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The history of a black church on an antebellum plantation and how it was saved from destruction.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVNF, KUT, KDUR, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 7
The Afro: Personal Reflections
From: David Person
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Burnside Exploration
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of Burnside Exploration's CD "The Record"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 6
Southwest Side Stories: The Tracks On Trumbull
From: ashley woods
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The death of a man who crossed the tracks.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2006
  • Length: 01:41
WOMEN OF THE BLUES SPECIAL
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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featuring music selections from Ida Cox, Clara Smith, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Big Mama Thornton, and other icons of American Blues.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WJAB, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 9
Western Skies Newscast - January 17, 2006
From: KRCC-FM
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KRCC's twice-weekly regional newscast

  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:36
George Clinton Interview
From: Dan Kramer
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George Clinton Documentry

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KGOU, WNCU, WGBH Radio Boston, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
Beyond the Scars
From: Voices of Our World
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BEYOND THE SCARS: A perspective from the survivors of America?s race wars; author Roger Gottlieb, Liberating Faith & the memories of a survivo...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 3
A Shortcut To The Mountaintop
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Mix

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KALW, KQAL, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2006
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 58
Blues File: Otis Rush live at Wise Fool's Pub
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of new Otis Rush live album, featuring a show thirty years ago at a Chicago blues landmark

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 6

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