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A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Social commentary in American musical theater

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
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American musical theater from The Indian Princess to Rent

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Life in segregated Washington, DC

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:37
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The man who brought jazz to Europe

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:40
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about DC's Lincoln Theater and meeting Fats Waller

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about their first music teacher

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about encounters with Jelly Roll Morton & Lester Young

Bought by Radio Catskill and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about great musicians who never left town

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
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And explanation and a demonstration of Cajun music

Bought by WEFT and KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Explanation of the tradition of choral singing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Bought by WTIP, WEFT, KXOT Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 4
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Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama talks about gospel singing

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEFT, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 3
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And explanation and a demonstration of Zydeco music

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
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New Orleans Brass Band described

Bought by KUT and WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 2
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James "Super Chikan" Johnson helps explain the Delta Blues

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
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The evolution of the Texas Blues

Bought by WEFT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Nanci Griffith and her music explain the Texas Troubador tradition

Bought by WEFT and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The elements that make a Blues

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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How the Blues was spread

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
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How the blues grew and changed

Bought by WABE and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Overview of how the Blues became the most important music to develop in Ameica in the 20th century

Bought by WETD and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Common themes in the Blues

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Shipwreck treasure hunter Greg Brooks waits. And waits. And waits -- for the big one.

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 07:00
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Ever wondered if your city is a "Tree City?"

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32