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Episode #701 - Lavern Baker, Pt. 1 - 1949-54
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, th "Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, LaVern Baker, got her start. It's part one of a two part feature on the...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Womenfolk #230920
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Deidre McCalla's 50th Anniversary Interview

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
S08 Ep04: Women of Color: Composers, Part 6, 9/23/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, works by women of color from the early 20th century to today.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:29
Episode #692 - Faye Adams
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week's "Juke In The Back" highlights the short, but important career of Faye Adams. DJ Alan Freed called her "The little gal with the big voic...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #690 - Christine Kittrell
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Nashville truly earned its nickname as "Music City" during the 1950s as it was not only the home of Country Music, but also a hotbed for a thriving...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Musician's Spotlight - Melody Angel - 843
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Chicago based blues singer and guitarist Melody Angel joins host John Floridis to talk about her career, her blues pedigree (cousin of the iconic m...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Tina Turner the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Supreme Diana Ross
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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"The Supreme Diana Ross" is a presentation hosted by Howard Burchette on the history of Diana Ross with the Supremes. They were the greatest female...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Episode #681 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to salute Sister Rosetta Tharpe, one of the most important and influential musical figures of the 20th Century. Mat...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
TSSAAPR230322 WHM Wk4: Chaka@70, QuincyJones@90; remembering Haskins, Caldwell
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
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Enjoy the The Soul Show's ever-eclectic and informative presentation of soul and related music. This TSS episode features a retrospective on Chaka...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WYAP, RADIOLEX, and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #672 - The Lutchers: Nellie & Joe
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is proud to focus an entire show on the separate careers of bother and sister, Nellie and Joe Lutcher. Both scored numerous ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2023.12-March 21-27, 2023- Women's History Month
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Abbey Lincoln
Celebrate Women's History Month with UpFront Soul! We'll hear from Abbey Lincoln, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, and Roberta Flack, plus trailblazers...

Bought by WOMR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, KZUM, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 12
TSSAAPR230308 WHM Wk2: Roberta Flack (plus a Wayne Shorter tribute)
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
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Join Mike Canton for a retrospective on Roberta Flack's early and most significant albums; also, a tribute to Wayne Shorter. This episode has a WH...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Raven Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #670 - Camille Howard "Boogie Woogie Chanteuse"
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The pre-Rock n' Roll era is full of unsung performers who's style directly impacted those who came after. This week's "Juke In The Back" spotlight ...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Musician's Spotlight - The Suffers - 834
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Gulf Coast Soul from the Suffers arrives to Musician's Spotlight, as singer Kam Franklin visits with host John Floridis. Kam dives deep into her Ho...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
S07 Ep26: Women of Color: Composers, Part 5, 2/25/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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For this episode, we feature works composed by Women of Color. These remarkable women have worked to overcome both gender and racial bias in order...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Crys Matthews - Black History
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 947 (Air Dates Feb 20 - 26, 2023) For Black History Month we revisit our 2021 interview with singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. ...

Bought by KRZA, KUNM, WHRV, High Plains Public Radio, WETS and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode #666 - Hadda Brooks
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is jumpin' this week with one of the most underrated boogie woogie piano ladies of all-time, Hadda Brooks. You'll hear a lot...

Bought by KMUW, KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
#23-06 American Impressions: NSO with Er-Gene Kahng
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Violinist Er-Gene Kahng joins the Newport Symphony for an all-American program including Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Bought by KPOV, WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
WoodSongs 835: Sweet Honey in the Rock
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy winning folk and civil rights legends, an all-woman, African-Am...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Radio Bristol, GCR (Global Community Radio), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 49
AG 23-05: The Underrated Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis, 1/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
Caption: Lorez Alexandria
This week, I’ll introduce you to the music of two underrated female singers, revered among jazz aficionados: Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps Griot: Martha High and Sandra Bears
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Martha High and Sandra Bears
Sandra Bears and Martha High remember singing together as The Jewels, before hitting the road with James Brown.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
S07 Ep10: Women of Color: Performers, Part 6, 11/5/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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Once again, we highlight women of color performing outstanding classical music.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30