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Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
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A two-hour special celebrating contemporary music by living Black composers in America.

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WVIA


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 3
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
Caption: RCA Victor LP, Credit: 1955
A tribute to Harry Belafonte with music from his incredible career mixed with his own thoughts about his life and work

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
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Black Americans have been major stars of the musical theater since 1906. Who was the first black Broadway star? What was the first all-black musica...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created the 58:30 segmented show “Miles & Wayne: Christmas Eve Classics.” The p...

Bought by WDCB and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Baseball player Toni Stone poses for a photo. , Credit: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
This fall marks the 30th anniversary of one of Minnesota’s most celebrated baseball moments: the Twins’ 1991 World Series championship. But this ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Little Richard
Celebrating one of the founders of Rock ‘n Roll, Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard with a mix of his music, interviews, covers and ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KHNS


  • Added: May 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Jack Mitchell
One of the most renowned and beloved singers of the 20th century, American soprano Leontyne Price rose to superstardom at a time when African-Ameri...

Bought by WVIA, WMNR, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Queen of Soul
Soulful mix for one of best singers ever---Aretha Franklin

Bought by KCSM and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
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There would be precious few great hits of the '60s and '70s if it weren't for the thrilling sounds of R&B, Soul, Funk and Disco and the black artis...

Bought by KSRQ and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:24
  • Purchases: 2
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Black History: Saluting African American actors who have won the Tony Award for roles in musicals.

Bought by KVNO, WMNR, and WJAB


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julius Lester
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:36
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Before closing the book on 2017, we rewind the tape to hear what the year sounded like with some of the best interview segments packed into one sho...

Bought by KRPS, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, WEAA, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Fats Domino
A thirty minute tribute to one of the founders of rock & roll- Antoine "Fats" Domino, featuring some of his classic recordings, interviews and actu...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:52
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A look back at some of the best moments from 2016.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KRPS, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, music writers, ...

Bought by WHRV, KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 23
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More than 50 years ago, America’s most prolific composer, Duke Ellington, collaborated with bassist Charlie Mingus and drummer Max Roach to produce...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Audra McDonald, Credit: Autumn de Wilde
Aidan Quinn, Audra McDonald and Tonya Pinkins star in shorts by John Patrick Shanley (Oscar, Pulitzer, Tony winner) and Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Priz...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Remastered 78s of Illinois Jacquet on The Jazz-O-Rama , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Illinois Jacquet is presented on the 31th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 50:27
Caption: Remastered Bebop 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...

Bought by KTXK, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Fill out your holiday schedule with this contemporary radio drama.

Bought by WUKY, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WUKY, MPR News Stations, WUKY and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 9
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01
Caption: Steve & Dee Dee!, Credit: Dee Dee Bridgewater
After months of intermittent phone calls, text messages and emails Dee Dee Bridgewater finally made her debut appearance live in studio on the Ste...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:57