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Carlene Carter, proud member of the long celebrated Carter family of music, stops by Up Close And Acoustic to talk about music, legacy, family hist...
- Added: Apr 26, 2019
- Length: 55:08
- Purchases: 2
Country music has long been popular in the American South but is gaining popularity in the North, a place with more country roots than you may think.
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 05:45
This time, we profile Chris Strachwitz and Mance Lipscomb, whose paths crossed in Navasota, Texas, this week in August 1960.
- Added: Mar 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Magic Sam, who appeared this week in 1969 at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival.
- Added: Mar 29, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Skip James, whose re-emergence at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival marked the advent of a new chapter in his career.
- Added: Mar 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we take a look at the American Record Corporation's 1939 field trip to Memphis. For the Bluff City, it marked the end of an era.
- Added: Mar 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile guitarist Blue Smitty, who cut his only session for Chess Records, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 25, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Muddy Waters, who made an historic appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, this week in 1960.
- Added: Mar 23, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.
- Added: Mar 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
An inside look into the closing of one of New York City’s last iconic recording studio where David Bowie, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, The Ramones, Blond...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 24, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
This is the story of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra preparing for their final performance of the concert season. They played the Carmina Burana, a...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 30, 2015
- Length: 09:47
- Purchases: 1
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
For the fourth week of June (6/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who was a real force of nature.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:48
For the first week of April (4/2): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a late bloomer who went on to become one of the stat...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and Listenwise
- Added: Dec 14, 2010
- Length: 15:23
- Purchases: 3
The Paschall Brothers of Chesapeake sing four-part harmony in a style with a storied tradition.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 03:30
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 06:18
- Added: May 05, 2008
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 2
Winner of the 2009 Headliners' Awards "Best Feature Documentary" and "Grand Prize for Radio"
Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KCSM, Prairie Public, WKMS and more
- Added: Apr 28, 2008
- Length: 53:49
- Purchases: 18
