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Musical Legacies (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A.D. Carson’s new album, “iv: talking with ghosts,” was written under the heaviness of covid lockdown, the deaths of close friends and family, and ...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WUTC, WFHB, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Musical Legacies (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A.D. Carson’s new album, “iv: talking with ghosts,” was written under the heaviness of covid lockdown, the deaths of close friends and family, and ...

Bought by WTJU, WUTC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Musical Legacies (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A.D. Carson’s new album, “iv: talking with ghosts,” was written under the heaviness of covid lockdown, the deaths of close friends and family, and ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
An Ebony Classics Christmas
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Close-up Photo Of Violin, Musical Notes and Christmas decoration, Credit: www.istockphoto.com/photo/christmas-gm1168004602-322333414
An Ebony Classics Christmas Ebony Classics - is great Classical music that features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by KWAX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 2
Colin Cutler and Dr. Bacon
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Colin Cutler is an Americana and roots, guitar and banjo driven singer-songwriter based in Greensboro, NC. We discuss the juxtaposition between h...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:22
TSSAAPR221102 The Soul Show - Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book" at 50
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: Mike Canton, Host/Producer of The Soul Show
Embedded in the usual eclectic mix is an Hour 2 feature on Stevie Wonder's 1972 masterpiece, Talking Book. Enjoy!

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook at Walker West Performance
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. Kevin lea...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
NL 22-39: Trane '62: John Coltrane's Classic Quartet Begins, 9/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Recordings that saxophonist John Coltrane made with Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, and the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
NL 22-36: Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, 8/29/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
HBCU Renaissance (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCHW and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
HBCU Renaissance (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by WRKF, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, Harford Community Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
HBCU Renaissance (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WGBH Radio Boston, RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , KECG and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 37
HBCU Renaissance (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by WLPR , KUOW, KQED, WITF, KWMU St. Louis and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 11
Ebony Classics - Welcoming Spring
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Welcoming Spring" is a classical music program featuring vocal classical music, piano classical music, and symphony orchestra music by musicians, ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Henry Threadgill--creating on music's cutting edge
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, New England Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6
Rhiannon Giddens celebrates a world of Black music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rhiannon Giddens, Credit: Ebru Yildiz
In this 2021 interview, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens talks about the Black roots of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, New England Public Media, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Just in time for the Tony Awards--Revisiting Michael R. Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson--the creator of A Strange Loop—talks about the origins and evolution of the prize-winning musical.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (SINGLE HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this special (offered this month of June - A...

Bought by WJCT, KUNM, KGOU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER (2 HOUR VERSION)
From: Paul Ingles
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The early emergence and on-going stellar career of musician STEVIE WONDER is explored and discussed in this three hour special (offered this month ...

Bought by KMUW, KUNM, KGOU, WGBH Radio Boston, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
An African American Requiem Broadcast
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: An African American Requiem
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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
Trailer To: THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER
From: Paul Ingles
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An extended trailer to the upcoming public radio documentary, produced by Paul Ingles, on the early emergence and on-going stellar career of musici...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 21, 2022
  • Length: 10:42
  • Purchases: 2
Hour 13: Today, Tomorrow...Forever?
From: PRX
Series: Jazz Singers
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Is jazz singing alive and flourishing in this new century...bursting at the seams with both established artists and younger artists who bring diver...

Bought by KZYX, KECG, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPVM 103.7 and more


  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 20