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Caption: Ti-Roro, Master drummer from Haiti
THE TALKING DRUM, is a program which samples the rhythms of the descendants of African slaves brought to the new world of South America and the Car...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 51:29
Caption: John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)
This one hour music program is an introduction to DIZZY GILLESPIE and contains nine recordings.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WVAS, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WVAS, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Rare Earth Records logo , Credit: Motown
Rare Earth is know for their hits; Get Ready, I Just Want To celebrate, I Know I'm Losing You, Big John Is My Name, Hey Big Brother, What'd I Say, ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:02:30
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New one-hour radio special traces how Hank Williams’ “lost notebook” of unrecorded songs were found and set to music for new recordings by Bob Dyla...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Harford Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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The official radio companion to Pearl Jam Twenty - a new documentary by Cameron Crowe in theatres Sep 2011, on PBS American Masters Oct 21, 2011.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, CBC Inside the Music, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:10:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: (Left to right): Dennis Burke, Keni Burke, Jerome Bailey, Alohe Burke, Clarence Burke, Sr. , Clarence Burke, Jr., James Burke III , Credit: Buddah Records 1971 album "The Stairsteps"
This is the story of THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS from an original member Dennis Burke. He tells her story and discusses her life in a rare interview.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 52:41
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was a Jazz musician, composer, and band leader. He recorded over one hundred albums and wrote over three hundred scores. Some of the...

Bought by KCNP, WESM 91.3 FM, Spokane Public Radio, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Josh White Jr. , Credit: Silverwolf
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:27