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New Orleans musician who's work had a profound effect on the early development of jazz.
- Added: Jan 05, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights by Robin Bernstein
- Added: Jan 04, 2012
- Length: 19:53
Join us as we celebrate the independent spirit of Texas with two hours of prime country blues from the Lone Star State. From the masters of the gen...
Bought by KHNS, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KHNS, and KTRL
- Added: Dec 23, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we've taken some of our favorite artists – some of them synonymous with the very concept of "Postwar Electric B...
- Added: Dec 11, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's some of our favorite Red Hot Rhythm Rockin' Blues and Sizzlin' R&B. From Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, an...
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on some of the great harp players that worked and recorded in the Windy City. From John Le...
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're having the Blues for Christmas! Come and celebrate with us as we journey through eight decades worth of H...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WNMU-FM, KSRQ, KHNS, WNCU and more
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 8
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, a tribute to Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Although Sam cut a lot of great Blues in the early years of his opera...
Bought by KHNS
- Added: Nov 12, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we explore the outer reaches of the Blues Universe. From fife and drum band music out of Georgia and...
- Added: Oct 29, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
We pick up where we left off last time, with a look at some of the great Mississippi Blues Masters who worked and recorded during the 1930s and the...
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we take a look at a Who's Who of early Blues masters that lived and worked in the great state of Mississippi. A...
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 05:05
- Purchases: 1
The Imperial Record label, founded in 1948 in Los Angeles, is well known as the home of Fats Domino and other great New Orleans artists, as well as...
Bought by KHNS
- Added: Sep 13, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 04:46
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on Shreveport, Louisiana. Home to a thriving music scene, the "Louisiana Hayride" (a rival...
- Added: Aug 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Recently, Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records marked their 50th anniversary. We'll celebrate by playing selections from three classic LPs from th...
- Added: Jul 24, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Who doesn't love a good story? In this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's all about Blues singers and songs that weave tall tales, spin entertaining ...
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
With its own unique sound and feel, we aim the spotlight on Down Home Blues from the East Coast, from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s, on this epi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 5
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we finish up our tribute to the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals by focusing on some of the great and rare Blues,...
- Added: Jun 21, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we wrap up our celebration of the Newport Folk Festivals of the 1960s, which brought a veritable who's who of Bl...
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited we continue our celebration of the Newport Folk Festival, which brought a veritable who's who of Blues legends t...
Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KTRL
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.
- Added: Jun 01, 2011
- Length: 07:45
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we celebrate the Newport Folk Festival, which brought a veritable who's who of Blues legends to the stage in Ne...
Bought by KHNS, Rhythm & News Service, and KTRL
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take a look at Blues and politics, examining such topics as war, the Great Depression, politicians, economic downturns, and more.
Bought by KHNS, KTRL, Spokane Public Radio, and KHNS
- Added: May 25, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
