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Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips: My Legal Name Is "J-Bird"
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips, Credit: Shefik
Birds - In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
Alea
From: Andru Bemis
Series: Chenango Sessions
Caption: Alea
Colombian singer, composer, and musician Alea, recorded at her home in Bronx, New York, during quarantine for COVID-19.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
A New Territory of Dance Party
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mpls Adonia & DJ Shannon Blowtorch, Credit: Photo Courtesy of DJ Shannon Blowtorch
DJ Shannon Blowtorch & Host Mpls Adonia have years of experience working the crowds and pumping up the energy in the room. Keeping their love for e...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Women's History Month Special: The Great American Songbook's Feminist Anthems
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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The Great American Songbook is chockablock with antiquated notions of gender roles, but a few songs flip the script. On this special, we explore so...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Troy Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUNM and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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
Musician's Spotlight -Hot Club of Cowtown Part One - 736
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unfo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 4
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
Talkin' About Jazz: Elaine Burt
From: KBEM
Series: Talkin' About Jazz with Joan Griffith
Caption: Elaine Burt
Guitarist/educator Joan Griffith duets and visits with trumpeter Elaine Burt.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 57:04
Talkin' About Jazz: Clea Galhano
From: KBEM
Series: Talkin' About Jazz with Joan Griffith
Caption: Clea Galhano
Guitarist/educator Joan Griffith duets and visits with recorder player Clea Galhano.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 56:04
Talkin' About Jazz: Ann Reed
From: KBEM
Series: Talkin' About Jazz with Joan Griffith
Caption: Ann Reed, Credit: Terry Gydesen
Joan Griffith plays and visits with singer-songwriter Ann Reed.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 57:26
WoodSongs 992: Ukulele Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: EmiSunshine and her ukulele on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, it's a ukulele celebration with EmiSunshine, Victor & Penny and Diana Chittester.

Bought by KTRL, KDLG, KLCC, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCHW and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Musician's Spotlight -Susan Gibson Mspot Part Two- 721
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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A program first: A featured interview from an Applebee’s parking lot in East Texas! Acclaimed Grammy nominated and CMA Award winning songwriter Sus...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #494 - LaVern Baker, Pt. 2: 1954-56
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, the "Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, LaVern Baker, got her start. It's part two of a two part feature on th...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 988: Davina & the Vagabonds and Boylan & Mathias
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Davina on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the high energy blues and jazz sounds of Davina and The Vagabonds plus tr...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, Delmarva Public Media, KTRL, KDLG, KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Episode #493 - 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, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode #490 - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
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
Willie Mae Thornton was a trailblazer, who in making her own rules paved the way for other groundbreaking female artists like Janis Joplin and Mado...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, KZUM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 981: Queen Bee & The Honeylovers and Jamie Drake
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Evan Singleton performs the Earl Scruggs' banjo classic “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” on the marimba.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Asheville, North Carolina swing jazz band Queen Bee & The Honeylovers plu...

Bought by KUAR, KDLG, WEJP-LP 107.1, WSLR, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
WoodSongs 978: Celebrating the Music of Kentucky
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Newtown's Kati Penn on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, we're celebrating the music of Kentucky with the Appalachian bluegrass sounds of Newtown plus Lark Watts, Logan...

Bought by KSRQ, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, KDLG, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 21
Connie's Kitchen
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Caption: Participants Elizabeth Maldonado and Ezra McPherson in Connie's Kitchen, Credit: Danea Johnson, Texas Folklife
Musician Connie Jo Kirk uses food to share her legacy and love. This story was produced by Elizabeth Maldonado, Taylor Prewitt, and Ezra McPherson,...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
#19-22 Pianist Alexander Schimpf and Newport Symphony
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Pianist Alexander Schimpf and the Newport Symphony play works by Schumann and Liszt.

Bought by KPOV, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #472 - 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, WHRV, KTRT RADIO INC, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Kristin Korb - 697
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Kristin Korb jumped ahead of the game in a musical sense, when she took up the advice of one of her college professors to take up singing along wit...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Rhythm Atlas 78: 2019-03-31 Women of the World
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this weekly radio program, you'll hear an eclectic mix of fantastic music from around the globe. In celebration of Women’s History Month, toda...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 963: Roan Yellowthorn and Chelsea Williams
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Jackie McLean of Roan Yellowthorn on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Roan Yellowthorn's ethereal indie-rock with a singer/songwriter heart plu...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KVNF, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WETS, WSLR and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 17
Blues America 171 - Keeshea Pratt
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Rising Houston native, Keeshea Pratt talks about the blues.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WSLR, Raven Radio, WLPR , KJZX-Austin and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 12