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Blues Unlimited #285 - Four More from Chess: The Desert Island Classics, Part 5
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Due to its iconic cover photo, this 5-star slab of vinyl from Howlin' Wolf is affectionately known as "The Rockin' Chair Album."
Join us we continue with our ongoing series, Desert Island Classics. This time, we put two giants of the harmonica, Little Walter and Sonny Boy Wil...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #284 - Five (Plus Two) from Atlantic: The Desert Island Classics, Part 4
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: One of the six installments in Atlantic’s "Blues Originals" series, compiled by Pete Lowry in 1972.
Join us as we continue with our ongoing series, Desert Island Classics. This time around, we’ve got a handful of five-star vinyl, all from Atlantic...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #283 - A Tribute to “The Chairman of the Board”: B.B. King’s Biggest Hits
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: B.B. King's very first LP, which contained all four of his number one R&B hit records.
Join us as we celebrate the life and music of B.B. King, by counting down the biggest hits of his career. Spanning the course of four decades, we’v...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #282 - The Candid Records Blues Sessions
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us as we take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #281 - Legends of Bluesville, Part 5: Blues from St. Louis
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Another classic from Bluesville: Henry Townsend's LP for the label is a super-rarity today.
Join us for another installment of our ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, we’re going to St. Louis, to hear from Henry ...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #280 - The King of Distortion: Pat Hare & His Killer Guitar (1952-1960)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: James Cotton and Pat Hare (with guitar), in better times. Photo by Jacques Demêtre, 1959, Chicago.
Join us as we pay tribute to a firebrand guitarist, Pat Hare. Joining up with Howlin’ Wolf when he was just a teenager, he went on to record with J...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Author Diana Gabaldon: The When & Why's of the World of the "Outlander"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Based on a time-traveling English nurse in the 20th century who is married to an 18th century Scotsman, Diana’s eight books in The Outlander series...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #279 - Preachin' the Holy Blues: Field Recordings from Dallas, Texas (1927)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join as we get into our time machine, and journey back to Dallas, December 1927. That was when Columbia Records became the first major label to mak...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Panics, depressions, recessions
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #278 - When Giants Walked the Earth: The 1968 & '69 Memphis Country Blues Festivals
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Original poster advertising the 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival. Image courtesy of Mike Vernon/Blue Horizon Records.
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of 1968 and 1969. We’ll hear from Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Este...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Joseph Kanon and "Leaving Berlin"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Carrots help you see in the dark
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #277 - Studs & Big Bill, Part 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us for part two of our special on the legendary interviews of Studs Terkel and Big Bill Broonzy. We’ll hear stories, conversation and song, al...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #276 - Studs & Big Bill, Part 1
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us as we take an extended look at the legendary interviews of Studs Terkel and Big Bill Broonzy. We’ll hear stories, conversation and song, al...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #275 - Lowdown Harmonica Blues from Jackson, Mississippi
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Recorded in Jackson, Mississippi, "Natchez Trace" was George “Papa” Lightfoot’s very last LP.
Join us as we take a ride down to Jackson, Mississippi, to hear some lowdown harmonica. We’ll hear from the master — Sonny Boy Williamson, plus, Pa...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WJSU


  • Added: Feb 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz and Film (Ep. 25)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KMUN, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Charlie Parker (Ep. 19)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Charlie Parker, the king of bebop
In this hour, it's the legendary story of how a Kansas City kid who didn’t like to practice became the king of bebop.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 30
Blues Unlimited #273 - Talking While the Music's Playing: Narrative Traditions in the Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: A huge 1947 crossover hit, the catchphrase, "Open the door, Richard!" quickly wound its way into American popular culture.
Join us as we take a look at narrative traditions in the blues. Starting with Speckled Red in 1929, we’ll hear classics along the way from Bo Diddl...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, Radio New Zealand, and WJSU


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
No. 1 Carriages Without Horses
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Society of Automotive Engineers
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Blues Unlimited #272 - Drop Down Mama: The Desert Island Classics, Part 3
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: A classic slice of vinyl from the Chess catalog, "Drop Down Mama." Issued 1970 as part of the "Chess Vintage Series."
Join us as we continue with another installment of Desert Island Classics, this time around, putting a legendary slice of vinyl, "Drop Down Mama," ...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ducks in a row
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #271 - The Blues Unlimited 1st Annual Year In Review Special: Best of 2014
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Third & Beale: According to some, the epicenter of the Blues Universe.
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2014. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...

Bought by WJAB and WJSU


  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Tet Offensive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #270 - Three from Imperial: The Desert Island Classics, Part 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Issued 1968, each of the three volumes of "Rural Blues" were compiled by Canned Heat members Bob Hite and Henry Vestine.
Join us for another installment of "Desert Island Classics." This time, we turn the spotlight on three LPs that came out on the Imperial label in 1...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
An apple a day...
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1