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EP88 Carolyn Wonderland
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Another amazing blues musician from Texas, we explore the music of Carolyn Wonderland.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:32
EP92 Ana Popovic
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Blues musician Ana Popovic has been showcasing her music since she was a teen-ager. Now a veteran of years of performing and recording, she always ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:57
Up Close And Acoustic with Janie Barnett
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Janie Barnett, Credit: janiebarnett.com
If you are seeking to make music your life and career, the path that my guest Janie Barnett has navigated through the 'music biz', should demand yo...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:12
Blue Dimensions I13: Connie Han, The Iron Starlet of the piano
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Piano Fever! With pianist Connie Han's new album "Iron Starlet," plus music from pianists Lisa Hilton, Miki Hayama, and the late McCoy Tyner

Bought by KLCC, WMOT, WRGY, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
NL 20-13: Ella '57: Ella Fitzgerald Flies High, 3/23/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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We take a look at Ella Fitzgerald in 1957, one of the singer's busiest and most memorable years on record.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:04
RDD: A Night of Improv
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're going to hang out with Unfiltered, one of the longest running improv troupes in Toledo, on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. We...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:09
Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star. ...

Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, High Plains Public Radio, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 20-12: Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s, 3/16/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
UpFront Soul #2020.09 - Women's History Month
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
We'll hear the strong voices of women for Women's History Month, kicking off with Nona Hendryx and rolling on with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, ...

Bought by KMUN, KAAD-LP, WOMR, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
Blue Dimensions I09: Michelle & Michele
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New Music From Two Michelles: singer Michelle Lordi, now writing songs too, and Michele Rosewoman, pianist and composer invoking West African spiri...

Bought by KHNS, WMOT, KKRN, WRGY, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Building Community One (Dance) Step at a Time
From: David Condos
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Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2020
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #510 - Lil Greenwood
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" pays tribute to the great R&B vocalist, Lil Greenwood. You'll hear her greatest early recordings from 1950-1954, before she ...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, WOUB, KTRT RADIO INC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Aurora, in the Village
From: Rae Solomon
Caption: The Beloved Community Village at its new home, Credit: Rae Solomon
Aurora has finally found a stable home, after 14 years, at the Beloved Community Village, a tiny home colony for people experiencing homelessness i...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 17:12
The Evolution of Singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Caption: Singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea, Credit: Paul Vienneau
Duluth-based indie musician Gaelynn Lea made headlines when she won National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016. But she almost didn’t enter ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:41
This Wall Is My Wall
From: Israel Story
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In 1988, a handful of tough, idealistic women banded together to fight for women's rights to pray, as men do, at the holiest Jewish site in the wor...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 47:26
The Stradivarius of Singers: A Tribute to Leontyne Price
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Jack Mitchell
One of the most renowned and beloved singers of the 20th century, American soprano Leontyne Price rose to superstardom at a time when African-Ameri...

Bought by WVIA, WMNR, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 997: Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward and Gina Chavez
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Gina Chavez on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the musical partnership between guitarist Charlie Hunter and vocalist Luc...

Bought by KUAR, Angelica Community Radio, KDLG, KTRL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
THE CAVE -- Feras Fayyad Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Feras Fayyad, San Francisco, CA 10/10/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Feras Fayyad talks talks shaping character, invisible moments, and being extraordinary.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 26:11
20-01 Bach, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, & more, Interviews: Berta Rojas, Judicael Perroy, Simon Thacker
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Berta Rojas, Credit: Berta Rojas
This week’s edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features interviews with Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas, French guitarist Judicael Perroy, Scottis...

Bought by WHQR, KXIQ , WVIA, KCCU Radio, WHQR and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 52
Don't Stay Quiet
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2019
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My Grandmother, who I loved dearly, passed away, and nobody spoke up until three days later: I was told.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 06:59
Saving the Girl
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What exactly is the role of the love interest in the superhero story? Is she just the emotional stakes for the hero? Can she ever be anything more?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 3
Women's Harness Racing Taking Off
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
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County Fairs and harness racing go hand in hand. The two hundred year old sport has been dominated by men, but here in Ohio, a group of women are c...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 04:47
Slow Flower Movement Changing the Floral Industry
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Rosalie and Katie Loading up Flowers for Their Wedding, Credit: renee wilde
In 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush was looking for ways to stem the illegal drug trade in Colombia, by giving more incentives for legal ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
BOMBSHELL -- Jay Roach Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jay Roach, San Francisco, CA 12/6/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jay Roach talks hemlines, honesty, and poking the bear.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2019
  • Length: 17:43
That's What We Do
From: Erin Allen
Caption: Ronda Morrison, Owner, House of Morrison Shoe Repair, Credit: Erin Allen
Detroit's Livernois Ave has historically been known as the Avenue of Fashion. But to the dismay of area residents and business owners, construction...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1

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