PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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This week, we pay tribute to singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. We’ll explore his expansive recording career, which encompassed folk, calypso...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer Williams and Clarence Willi...
- Added: Jan 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we’re celebrating the rich baritone voice of jazz singer Johnny Hartman, who would have turned 100 years old on July 3rd. We’ll explore ...
- Added: Jun 19, 2023
- Length: 59:00
In the 1970s, singer Roberta Flack made a name for herself performing covers of songs by folk singers and other little-known artists, creating, in ...
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The children of Baptist preachers, raised in gospel music — Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke are two of the most venerated names in soul. This week, w...
- Added: May 22, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Nina Simone, the “High Priestess of Soul,” was an enigmatic and eccentric figure in the world of jazz. This week on Afterglow, we’ll feature Simone...
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 59:00
On this episode, we’ll explore the life and career of “Mr. B” Billy Eckstine, a singer and bandleader who broke boundaries as a black icon in a seg...
- Added: Jan 30, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week, Mark Chilla talks with jazz historian Will Friedwald about the early years of Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, as they explore some...
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Few singers had as much of an influence on the next generation as the suave, full-throated “Mr. E” Billy Eckstine. This week, we’ll explore the wor...
- Added: Jun 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
All Classical Portland and WQXR present the world premiere performance of composer Damien Geter's An African American Requiem recorded and broadcas...
Bought by Vermont Public, WNED Buffalo, KWAX, KMUN, WSHU and more
- Added: May 23, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
- Purchases: 18
We usually think of Billie Holiday as a small-group singer, but she also worked with several big bands. This week on Afterglow, we’ll hear Holiday’...
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
On this Afterglow special for Black History Month, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Ellis Marsalis joins Gwen Thompkins for a wide-ranging talk about his life in music - from modern jazz pianist, to jazz educator, to father of four...
- Added: May 20, 2020
- Length: 51:58
Celebrate Black History Month with an exploration of the songs from one of the most influential songwriting duos of the 20th century: Andy Razaf an...
Bought by KTXK, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMUW, Radio Catskill, WBGO and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
March 17th marks Nat King Cole's centennial, and on this program, we chronicle his rise to stardom in the 1940s.
Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and WJSU
- Added: Feb 20, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
RadioActive Reporter Nia Price-Nascimento lives in a house built in the 1920s in the Central District, Seattle's historically African-American neig...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:23
Three generations of Paschalls, now NEA Heritage Fellows, have brought beautiful harmonies to their community. [35:21]
- Added: Feb 11, 2014
- Length: 35:22
- Purchases: 2
Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Keith Jarrett. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about ...
Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more
- Added: Dec 12, 2013
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 15
Folk singing legend Richie Havens died Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack. In this excerpt from the documentary Ba...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 05:20
Join host Bill Bulbeck as he explores the life, times and music from the reigning "Queen of Gospel" Shirley Caesar in Episode #2 of Christian Minst...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 54:55
- Purchases: 2
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 05:05
- Purchases: 1
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes looks at the life and music of poet, musician and composer, Gil Scott-Heron, who passed in New York City on May 27th.
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 01:00:03
6 minute radio piece with interviews and music about the New Orleans keyboadist, singer, and producer Willie Tee
- Added: Oct 19, 2007
- Length: 05:57
One-hour documentary details the life and music of Sam Cooke.
Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WKMS, KMUW, KAAD-LP and more
- Added: Nov 18, 2005
- Length: 59:05
- Purchases: 44
