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This time we profile Wynonie Harris, who hit the top of the Billboard Rhythm & Blues charts with "Good Rockin' Tonight," this week in 1948.
- Added: Mar 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.
- Added: Mar 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Woodrow Adams, who made his recording debut in Memphis, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Wilbert Harrison, who landed at the top of the R&B charts in 1959 — but created a headache for producer Bobby Robinson.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile harmonica wizard Little Walter, who cut "the national anthem of blues harmonica," this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we take a look at one historic day of recording — May 5th, 1937 — that changed the course of blues history.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Lightnin' Hopkins, who, in 1954, laid down some hard rocking sides for Herald Records.
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Etta James, who landed at the top of the Billboard R&B charts this week in 1955, with "The Wallflower."
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Howard Blackburn should have been a statistic. Instead, he became a hero.
Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 03, 2017
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 3
On October 30th, 1938, American radio audiences - believing that a Martian invasion was underway - went absolutely nuts. Panicked masses fled to th...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, and KRZA
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: 06:58
- Purchases: 3
Peter Landesman talks integrity, corruption, and what he grooves on.
- Added: Oct 07, 2017
- Length: 14:29
Johnny was the son of a local cobbler who fell into an old canal that cut through the center of Dayton where Patterson Boulevard now runs. His belo...
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 04:55
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
This story was produced by Amy Madore and Jennifer Seale at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute
- Added: Jul 20, 2017
- Length: 07:16
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
This story was produced by Diane Murray at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 20, 2017
- Length: 08:58
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
This story was produced by Amy Frishkey at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute
- Added: Jul 20, 2017
- Length: 09:27
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
This story was produced by Elizabeth Abernathy and Arabella Daniels at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute
- Added: Jul 19, 2017
- Length: 07:48
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
This story was produced by Kimberly Fritch and Diana Kaz-Sugasawara at the Stories Summer Institute 2017
- Added: Jul 19, 2017
- Length: 09:02
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
Commemorate the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War I by accompanying Walter Price and the 314th Engineers on their tour of duty.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 08:19
Phil Mello has been photographing New Bedford’s working waterfront for over 40 years. He started as an amateur, documenting the inner world of the ...
Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 2
A visit, a cooking lesson and lunch with the celebrated chef Claudia Roden. Claudia discussed lost Jewish communities through their cuisines. Inc...
- Added: Mar 22, 2017
- Length: 14:46
- Purchases: 2
For generations, farmers in western North Carolina have relied on tobacco as a core crop, their lifeblood. It was more than just income, though: to...
Bought by KVLU
- Added: Nov 17, 2016
- Length: 26:01
- Purchases: 1
