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Oh Haec: This is the day the Lord has made
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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There’s an antiphon that features in the masses for Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Its words begin: “This is the day the Lord has made,” and e...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Womenfolk - International Women's Day
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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International Women's Day Special

  • Added: Mar 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
NL 22-12: Jazz Women of the 1940s, 3/14/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Trumpeter Billie Rogers, vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and other unsung heroines of the World War II era in jazz.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Rhythm Atlas 227 2022-03-14 Irish Music Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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**NOTE FOR REGULAR PROGRAM CARRIERS IN 2022: This show is intended for airing on KPBX Spokane Public Radio on Saturday, March 12, 2022; it should a...

Bought by KAMU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
He Ain't Heavy
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish remembers National Brotherhood Week with Jewish songs of brotherhood, sisterhood and all-around togetherness.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Karate Camp 2021: Doug Boodle feat. Carnage the Executioner
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we take a trip back to this year’s Karate Camp festival for Winona’s own Doug Boodle featuring Carnage The Executioner. An...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 50:38
Rhythm Atlas 224 2022-02-21 Mardi Gras & Carnival Music Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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(Airing the week of Feb. 21 to Feb. 27, 2022 for regular program carriers.) On this special episode of the program, we're celebrating the music of ...

Bought by WJSU, Spokane Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Celebrating Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 22-07: Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie, 2/7/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Jackie Robinson
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus, and others.

Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
NL 22-06: Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Rhythm Atlas 217 2022-01-03 Best of 2021 Pt. 2
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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This week's program is Part 2 of my Best World Music Albums of 2021 round up, and the playlist features another dozen tracks from some of my favori...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
Rhythm Atlas 215 2021-12-20 Christmas Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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This evergreen Christmas Special of The Rhythm Atlas weekly world music program is all new for 2021 and appropriate for airing any year. You’ll hea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
A Cool Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz. Come along for a jzz sleigh ride with music from Shirley Horn, Paul Bley, Duke Ellington, and more...

Bought by WVIA, WHRV, KUAT, WNMU-FM, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 26
Rhythm Atlas 209 2021-10-30 Halloween & Día de los Muertos
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate the festivals of All Hallow’s Eve / Halloween and Día de los Muertos / The Day of the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Strange Enchantment: Jazz for Halloween
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Music for the holiday from Duke Ellington, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Kay Starr, and others. We'll also hear comedian Lenny Bruce's impersonation of Drac...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rhythm Atlas 206 2021-10-09 Indigenous Peoples' Day Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this week’s special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with music by Native American and First Nations artists...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Rhythm Atlas 204 2021-09-25 Buena Vista Social Club Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special episode of the program, we’ll celebrate all things Buena Vista Social Club as that amazing recording that brought Cuban music to wo...

Bought by KAMU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
NL 21-36: Glenn Miller Goes To War with the Army Air Force Band, 8/30/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1942 Glenn Miller broke up his popular big band and joined the military, where he formed a new and even bigger orchestra that included strings, ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Musicians For Peace & Social Justice: Jackson Browne/ Marvin Gaye/ Harry Chapin
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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PEACE TALKS RADIO host Paul Ingles profiles 3 musicians whose music turned the attention of their fans to issues of peacemaking, social justice and...

Bought by KUHF and KSJE


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
20210628: Patriotism & Leadership, 6/28/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We learn from bilingual 8th graders what the Pledge of Allegiance and patriotism means to them, then we travel across town to hear from 4th graders...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Rhythm Atlas 191 Black Music Month / Juneteenth Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special EVERGREEN edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month and Juneteenth. African American Musi...

Bought by KUCB, New Hampshire Public Radio, RADIOLEX, KAMU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5