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Caption: Laamar at First Ave's Best New Bands show in 2024, Credit: James Napoli
In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:39
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Get ready to elevate your soul with DJ Bella Scratch on Bella's SoulFRESH! Tune in for an eclectic mix of modern soul music, insightful artist inte...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:00
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Ruby Amanfu shares her unbeatable spirit in an episode that covers the full range of her artistic output and depth of her listening habits. Join he...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Leading lady Tank (Tarriona Ball) of the two-time GRAMMY nominees, Tank and the Bangas, chats with host Beane (American Idol) about her childhood, ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Tony Lindsay, Credit: Shefik
Change - Tony Lindsay is a producer and director, known for "Where Hearts Lie" (2016). The film features such notable actors as Clifton Powell ("Ra...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:42
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A hilarious and harrowing account of an actor's journey.

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 22
Caption: Sony Turner, Credit: Shefik
Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:26
Caption: Brendon Hamilton, Credit: Shefik
Remorse - Brendon Hamilton has been writing and performing since he was a young child. Influenced by some of rock, pop, and R&B's greatest recordin...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:44
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Snap LIVE! At The Paramount featuring Glynn Washington, Don Reed and Joyce Lee.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
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Drummer Chris Beck stops by my imaginary Doodlin' Lounge to share tracks from his debut CD, 'The Journey'

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 58:42
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Gregory Pardlo, the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, debunks the theory that African American fathers are disinterested parents. Pardl...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ms. Cissy Houston
Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director, A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer, Ms. Cissy Houston.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 20:00
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100-second module, from our readings for May. A city gal inherits a sugar cane farm.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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Charles-Austin Ross tells about his family, growing up, and finding his voice when opposition might stand in the way of his future.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
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2009 National Heritage Fellow Queen Ida Guillory discusses the Zydeco tradition and how she became a part of the band!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
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Ralph Ellison's 1952 book Invisible Man is considered by critics and readers to be one of the 20th century's best descriptions of the American raci...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 09:38
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My first major feature (surviving) piece as a member of WBRU Sports way back in 2006. I had the opportunity to cover one of my favorite sports team...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:49
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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Interview about a little-known, but influential Alabama bluesman

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1