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Joe Robichaux & his New Orleans Boys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Robichaux
On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1337 - Halloween Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's playlist is filled with haunted Blues to provide your Halloween playlist.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1334 - Cover Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week, we're listening to new versions of old songs. It's an hour of new Blues releases with a focus on cover songs!

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1332 - Blues Rock Crossroads
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We're standing at the crossroads of Blues and Rock music this week on FTB Radio, spinning all new Blues tunes with attitude!

Bought by WTIP, Radio New Zealand, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Life on Parole
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Donald Perry was found not guilty--so why is he still in prison?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
Makalah's Trayvon Martin Piece
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil she attended last week. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Race and America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Professor Lawrence Blum
In his new book, professor Lawrence Blum provides insight into a rigorous high school course on race and racism.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fighting for Liberation
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The American History Guys discuss the important moral and tactical contributions of African-American soldiers in the Union Army.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, Louisville Public Media, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 4
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1323 Harmonica Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week we celebrate the "Mississippi Saxophone," the "Blues Harp," the Harmonica - It's all harmonica Blues on this episode of the show!

Bought by KMUW, Radio New Zealand, and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Dream Before the Dream: Detroit, 1963
From: Zak Rosen
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On June 23, 1963, labor and church leaders organized tens of thousands of people in Detroit for the Great March to Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
Reggie Richards Interview
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Throwback to January! Makalah interviews Bassist Reggie Richards while he was on tour with B.B. King.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
Charles McDew "We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For" - Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio 5th Anniversary Show
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Full-Time Blues Radio celebrates 5 years on the airwaves. This week's show features amazing music, interview clips, and in-studio performances!

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A documentary on race, neighborhoods, schools, and kids in Michigan
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
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
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1319 - 2013 WC Handy Fest Preview
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We're previewing the 2013 edition of the WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival with music from this year's performers and a complete rundown of the sc...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1318: 2013 Blues Music Awards
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the winners at the 2013 Blues Music Awards by playing their music and giving you the full rundown of winners in ever category! Everyon...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KPVL


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1316 - Willie's Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Willie Nelson by exploring his Blues roots, with music by Willie himself, his Blues brethren, and Blues covers of...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Innocence (Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Robin Bernstein
Professor Robin Bernstein: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1310 - Kelly Richey Interview
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Johnny Full-Time sits down for conversation with Kelly Richey about her new CD, her new band, and much more. There's also music from the new album,...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio 1309 - Blues Hall of Fame
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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On this special episode we will hear music from all of the artists, albums and singles in the 2013 class of the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame!

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WSLR, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: The Rupture of Civil War
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Historical perspective on the Civil War and its effect on average Americans.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:51:07
Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Race Record label
Singer, songwriter, pianist, singer and vaudeville and minstrel performer Perry Bradford, forever changed the sound of American popular music by co...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
Jacqui Sutton and the Frontier Jazz Orchestra - 'Notes from the Frontier'
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Passing Notes
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Singer Jacqui Sutton talks about the long road to a new sound -- Frontier Jazz -- as well as her band and some of the songs on her new album.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:15

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