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In honor of Black History Month, OHR pays tribute to African Americans’ profound contribution to American music. Forged into the roots of blues, j...
- Added: Jan 11, 2024
- Length: 58:59
Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Feb 07, 2023
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on On Story we’ll hear from award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director, Kemp Powers who wrote the critically acclaimed...
- Added: Aug 11, 2021
- Length: 54:00
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:19
It’s Banjo Time! Join host Dave Smith and banjo royalty Mark Jones as they explore music of the banjo. From its ancient African roots, we’ll follo...
- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 58:59
In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
The Black Panthers weren’t the only ones arming themselves in the 60s and 70s. And as Making Contact producer George Lavender found, not everyone h...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 06:26
- Purchases: 1
Love em or hate em, they’re an ever present part of American culture. And they’re not going away anytime soon. On this edition, we talk guns…from...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The first of the post-college series, this episode brings you Max's roots reggae picks along with exclusive, unreleased material from Stick Figure ...
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 58:53
Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2015
- Length: 59:29
- Purchases: 2
Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...
Bought by WCBE, WVAS, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 57:45
- Purchases: 3
"Cherokee", "One O'clock Jump" and "Kansas City Farewell" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 20th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 57:31
- Purchases: 3
Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 12:53
- Purchases: 1
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: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: 57:33
Today we take a trip outside the city; to the mall with the Jr. Zulu, a youth mentoring program, to teach shoppers how to decorate the infamous Zu...
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: 05:55