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Bill Withers: Just As He Is

From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials

A deep look into the late Bill Withers early life in music that set up the making of his debut album, "Just As I Am." Please consider this free on...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WOMR, WKMS, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more

Saving the Last Ocean

From: Generation Anthropocene

We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...

Episode Five: "Our Cheated Hearts"

From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize

Poetry and the pain of experience are the subjects of this episode titled "Our Cheated Hearts." Author Winston Groom incorporated his experiences i...

New Orleans' Hidden Black History

From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints

Caption: Mardi Gras Indian costume at New Orleans' African American Museum., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick

World Footprints uncovers the little known stories about African American history in New Orleans from the largest slave rebellion in 1811 to the cu...

Bought by WWFM, WAER Syracuse, NY, and KISA Digital Studios

Southern Folklorist Bill Ferris

From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South

Caption: The Storied South , Credit: Bill Ferris

Preeminent Southern folklorist Bill Ferris has spent the last 40 years documenting the South in print, photography and film. His latest book, The S...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix

Classical Theater

From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore

Caption: Theater of Dionysus, Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.

Bought by KPIP-LP

This Week in Texas Music History: Gus Johnson

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of November (11/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented drummer whose career was almost dera...

This Week in Texas Music History: Yellow Rose of Texas

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of April (4/21): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at how one of the states most famous songs is based on...

This Week in Texas Music History: Barbara Lynn

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of January (1/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female R&B artist who is a triple th...

This Week in Texas Music History: Cedric Haywood

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the last week of December (12/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the state’s most versatile and prolific j...

This Week in Texas Music History: John Hardee

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of December (12/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented musician who traded in the nightclub...