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Blue Dimensions I01: Herlin Riley's Optimisim Is Perpetual
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New Orleans jazz today, from drummer Herlin Riley's "Perpetual Optimism" album - and Ron Brendle's tribute to bassists, the AACM's Great Black Musi...

Bought by KMUN, WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions H52: The Audacity of Bassist Buster Williams
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The latest from bassist Buster Williams, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and percussionist Kobie Watkins

Bought by KMUN, WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions H49: New Music From Pianists George Cables and David Kikoski
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The latest from venerable pianist George Cables - - and from another sparkling pianist, David Kikoski.

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H44: "Modern Ancestors" from the magical Carmen Lundy
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new album "Modern Ancestors" from Carmen Lundy, "Trilogy 2" from Corea, McBride, and Blade, and Bill Cole's music for Yoruba proverbs

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WJSU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H43: The "Travelin' Woman" Mary Lane, and Kendrick Scott Oracle makes a wall become a bridge
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from Chicago blues singer Mary Lane's first album since 1994, "Travelin' Woman," and Kendrick Scott Oracle's "A Wall Becomes A Bridge."

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H40: John Coltrane's "Blue World"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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previously unissued John Coltrane music from the album "Blue World" and musical tributes to Coltrane old and new.

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
NL 19-40: Our Delight: The Music Of Tadd Dameron, 9/30/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Blue Dimensions H36: Rock-Steady Monk Tunes from Pianist Monty Alexander
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Pianist Monty Alexander offers reggae-fied versions of Thelonious Monk classics on his new album "Wareika Hill"

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H32: Saxophonist JD Allen reflects on the four-century African-American experience in his new album "Barracoon"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist JD Allen's music is informed by the African-American experience on his new album "Barracoon," and Chick Corea's "Spanish heart" overflo...

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H31: Blues From The Late David Kimbrough III
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The vatrious blues styles and several names of the late David Kimbrough III

Bought by WMOT, Royalton Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKRN, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H29: Catherine Russell's "Alone Together," and a hard look at slavery and racism from the album "Songs Of Our Native Daughters."
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Catherine Russell's spirited new album, and a hard look at slavery and racism from the album "Songs Of Our Native Daughters."

Bought by WMOT, WRGY, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions H20: "400: An African American Musical Portrait" - 400 years of African-American experience in music from Avery Sharpe
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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bassist, composer, band leader Avery Sharpe's new album "400: An African American Musical Portrait" traces the African-American experience from the...

Bought by WMOT, WRGY, KKRN, WUFT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Muggles Abroad (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites in the fantasy se...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
Good Time Blues
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Tom Cairns provides an excellent full hour selection of Good Time Blues.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
HALE COUNTY, THIS MORNING THIS EVENING -- RaMell Ross Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ramell Ross, San Francisco, CA 11/23/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
RaMell Ross talks sacred moments, turning reality into a dreamscape, and why there’s no such thing as a documentary.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2019
  • Length: 19:30
Blue Dimensions H06: Trumpeter Abram Wilson on The Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from a very special 2007 album by the late trumpeter Abram Wilson - - and new music from Kamasi Washington, Nabaté Isles, and Roxy Coss

Bought by WMOT, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WJSU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Blue Dimensions H02: Sullivan Fortner, top-notch pianist, both as band leader and accompanist
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new album "Moments Preserved" from pianist Sullivan Fortner, and his special (and solo) accompaniment of singer Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Bought by KHNS, WMOT, KRCB 104.9, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Blue Dimensions G50: New Music From Three Saxophonic Women
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from three great saxophone-playing women, Tia Fuller, Roxy Coss, and Vanessa Collier

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions G48: It's "Elementals" with Azar Lawrence and Benito Gonzalez
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The latest album from saxophonist/composer Azar Lawrence "Elementals" featuring some sparkling playing by pianist Benito Gonzalez

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Blue Dimensions G46: Cyrus Chestnut's Kaleidoscope, and the story of "See Line Woman"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Cyrus Chestnut's musical journey on "Kaleidoscope" and the song "See Line Woman" from a 1939 field recording to 2018's "Life" album by Vivian Sessoms

Bought by WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Blue Dimensions G40: Bass Clarinetist Todd Marcus, music inspired in and by Baltimore
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Bass clarinetist Todd Marcus celebrates his hometown, Baltimore. New music from Corcoran Holt, Mike Clark & Delbert Bump, and Danny Green. Old musi...

Bought by WMOT, WRGY, KKRN, WMHT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Blue Dimensions G38: John Coltrane's "Equinox Resolution" - - Trane's music by others and himself
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Celebrating the equinox with Coltrane's "Equinox" and his "Resolution," and more Trane music, performed by Trane and others

Bought by WMOT, WRGY, KKRN, WMHT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions G37: Opening Cécile McLorin Salvant's Window And Facing Christian Sands' Dragons
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New music from two artists coming of age in a big way: singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Christian Sands. Also, music from the late pianist...

Bought by WMOT, KHNS, WRGY, WMHT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions G35: "The Choice" — a hidden CD in Kamasi Washington's album "Heaven And Earth" — Is Our Choice
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from "The Choice," the hidden CD in the packaging of Kamasi Washington's double (actually triple) album "Heaven And Earth."

Bought by WMOT, WMHT, WRGY, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
RESPECT: The Aretha Franklin Story
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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The Queen of Soul earned that title with nearly 60 years of performing under her belt. This is a career-spanning tribute.

Bought by KSRQ, WNCU, WEZU, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 4