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For the fourth week of November (11/22): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an artist who could really sink his teeth into...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:41
For the first week of April (4/4): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a West Texas wild man who contributed to both 1950s ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:39
For the third week of February (2/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at about a world renowned musician who chose to mak...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:31
For the fourth week of January (1/24): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the most successful yet least well-known ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:41
For the second week of December (12/14): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who used music to break down the barri...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of October (10/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who wrote the state’s first known English...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of August (8/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musical icon who once sold soda bottles in orde...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:57
For the third week of July (7/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who proved that it’s not such a small wor...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of June (6/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped blend Texas and Louisiana music int...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:42
For the third week of May(5/18): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who was turned down by a number of night cl...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:42
For the third week of July(7/17): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a child prodigy who helped launch one of the state’s ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
Born in New Orleans in 1902, Omer Simeon is the least known of the early clarinetist of the 1920s. He was apparently very quite and reserved, didn...
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 58:58
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The use of the term Red Hot Mama’s supposedly emerged in the early 1920s. In 1929, songsters Jack Yellen and Milton Ager wrote, I’m the Last of the...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.
- Added: Feb 23, 2010
- Length: 29:00
Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...
Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more
- Added: Jan 25, 2010
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 16
Our guest is one of the greats in sound, Tom Clack. We talk about early days at BBC, MTV and traveling the world to record sounds. He performs the ...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Dec 14, 2009
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
An exploration through the life and times of singer, activist, athlete and entertainer Paul Robeson.
Bought by WRVO Public Media and WRPI
- Added: Dec 10, 2009
- Length: 29:23
- Purchases: 2
See info at PRX.org/pieces/20840
- Added: Apr 20, 2009
- Length: 01:00:00
IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2009
- Length: 54:15
Produced by Dred Scott Keyes, "Before The Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley", this entertaining and informational
interview/music mix with author Chr...
Bought by WNCU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WCPN
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 3
Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island
Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD
- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
One-hour special exploring the life and music of legendary songwriter Hoagy Carmichael
- Added: Dec 19, 2007
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 2
Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 14, 2007
- Length: 58:51
- Purchases: 1
This Story is free! With the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar started the tradition of the super-concert for a humanitarian ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 19, 2006
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 1
