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Caption: LaChandra, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - LaChandra is a recording artist and owner of the beauty salon Posh by LaChandra, located in New York City. In the late 1980s, LaChandra re...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Dionne Warwick, Credit: Shefik
Love - Dionne Warwick is a 5-time Grammy Award winning legend. She is an American singer, actress, and television show host, who became a United Na...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:25
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:42
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
Caption: M.C. El Bee, Credit: Shefik
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
Caption: Melba Moore, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: :56
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HOUR ONE: "More Than Just A Game" - Playing board games is fun. And more complicated than you might think. Uncover the secret history of board game...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Dr Dean Alger, Credit: WWOZ Staff
Dr Dean Alger is a political scientist with five books to his credit, he has written about influential bluesman Lonnie Johnson and he sings and pla...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "Who Owns Seeds?" - There's a rare corn grown in Southern Mexico that can help the world fight climate change. But who owns it? HOUR TW...

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Dan Crary joins Unreal Bluegrass , new CD Prime Time

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:07:41
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A celebration of the whirlwind of early music produced by Richard Penniman, LITTLE RICHARD, who passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020 at the age of 87...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, Louisville Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KALW, WVAS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Caption: Janis: Her Life And Music by Holly George-Warren
Music documentarian Paul Ingles presents a 2-hour exploration and celebration of the music of rock legend Janis Joplin featuring author Holly Georg...

Bought by WDDE, WGUC/ WVXU, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
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Amanda Fish talks about what the blues is to her personally in this interview with Bluesman and radio host Mr. Jack.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:45
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A featurette cut from the documentary special THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN PRINE with spotlights the early career and on-going musical journey of the late...

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Business Therapy
Diane and Christine look at what drives people to pursue drastically different careers in midlife. Come discover the current trends and how to hand...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 25:13
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Hip H...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
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Each year we lose more greats from the music world. Music historian Paul Ingles presents 2019's edition of the Musician's Memorial Special featurin...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KSJE, and WHRV


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Performer and composer Allen Vizzutti is just as well versed in classical as he is in the jazz world. Vizzutti's trumpet playing has been featured ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
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The United States Air Force Academy Band the Falconaires is joining us for a set of live recorded performances that feature the swinging sounds of ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Pianist, singer, and producer Ben Sidran is joining us backstage for exclusive interviews at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sidran...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Big Band Leader Ryan Truesdell from New York City is joining us backstage at the club Jazz Standard. Here Truesdell goes behind the music and into ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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Pianist Peter Nero is joining us backstage in Edmond, Oklahoma for exclusive interviews that go in-depth into his lifelong career as a pianist who ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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The Latin grammy award winning group Quattro fuses jazz, classical, and Latin music to create their own unique style that reaches people of many di...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Canadian Brass fuses classical and jazz together to create a sophisticated sound that swings. Trumpeter Chris Coletti and trombonist Achilles Learm...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59