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This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 11, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
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
For more than 40 years, Bobby Hutcherson has lived a life most artists can only dream about. After making his name in the 1960s in New York as one ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 09:57
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...
- Added: Oct 15, 2011
- Length: 56:36
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:18
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