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"Only Love Can Conquer Hate: Commerating the 50th Anniversary of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?"
From: KPVU
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"ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE" COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARVIN GAYE'S ALBUM "WHAT'S GOING ON" IS AN AUDIO DOCUMENTARY THAT CELEBRATES...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 56:45
"Peace Be Still: Commemmorating The 50th Anniversary of Nikki Giovanni's Truth Is On Its Way"
From: KPVU
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"PEACE BE STILL: COMMEMORATING THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI'S ALBUM TRUTH IS ON ITS WAY" IS AN AUDIO DOCUMENTARY THAT DELVES INTO HER POE...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 57:42
Episode #615 - New Orleans R&B, Pt. 2 - 1953-55
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Get ready for Carnival with part 2 of "Juke In The Back"'s 3 part series on the great, influential and infectious music that came out of New Orlean...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Epidode #614 - New Orleans R&B, Pt. 1 - 1940-53
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Get ready for Carnival as the "Juke In The Back" begins a 3 part series on the great, influential and infectious music that came out of New Orleans...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
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
Black Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1930s & 40s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A hour-long program of jazz music, exploring the music of African-American singing ensembles in the decades of the Great Depression and the Second ...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WEZU, and WNCU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
We Shall Overcome: Civil-Rights Jazz
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the connection between jazz and civil rights in 20th-century America.

Bought by KALW, WLRH, Morehead State Public Radio, KLCC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the black-pride movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Perfect for Black Hi...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WMOT and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 1 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by KRVS, KNCT FM, WDDE, WVIA, WILL and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
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
The Two Williams: Spencer and Clarence (Black History Month Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special for Black History Month, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Trailer to "MAVIS STAPLES' SOUL: AN APPRECIATION"
From: Paul Ingles
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9 minute preview of the upcoming 1 or 2 hour special celebrating the musical journey of Mavis Staples, lead vocalist for the legendary Staples Sing...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #610 - 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 2
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Air Week: January 10-16, 2022 This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as the "Juke In The Back" features part 2 of a 2 part series on the bigges...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
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
Episode #609 - 1952: Jukebox Rhythm Review, Pt. 1
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Air Week: Jan 3-9, 2022 This week, the jukebox is in the spotlight as Matt The Cat takes you back 70 years and highlights the top jukebox hits of t...

Bought by WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, KTRT RADIO INC, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Sounds of Kwanzaa
From: KVNO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Sounds of Kwanzaa with Garrett McQueen

Bought by KERA, WGUC/ WVXU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KISU, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 56:05
  • Purchases: 52
Episode #606 - Hey! Santa Claus: R&B Christmas, Pt. 1
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" begins a 2 part Holiday Music Extravaganza with a tribute to Santa Claus. This week, we find the "man in red" doing the boog...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Miles & Wayne-Christmas Eve Classics
From: Daniel Polletta
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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
Episode #599 - Spooky Halloween Rhythm & Blues
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the ol' Rockola Jukebox is haunted by a strange spirit of rhythm & ghouls. Dig on some of your old favorites by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, L...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WYAP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Wordless and Riveting, “felt / not said” by Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri Comes From the Body
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mankwe Ndosi, Credit: Sally Nixon
The album "felt / not said" by Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri features cello, contrabasso, percussion, wildly versatile vocals by Ndosi, but the albu...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1

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