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WoodSongs 1009: Dom Flemons and Burnett Sisters
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Dom Flemons co-founder of the Grammy®-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops pl...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMSU, KEDT, KCHW, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 72
“Where there’s flavor, there’s history:” Zella Palmer talks about food in New Orleans
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Dr. Zella Palmer, Credit: Courtesy of Dillard University
“Where there’s flavor, there’s history:” Educator, Author, and Filmmaker Dr. Zella Palmer discusses her work in preserving the legacy of African-Am...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:40
Bob Francois - President and Booking Manager of Rara Bel Poze - 33rd Lowell Folk Festival
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: MergingArts Conversations
Caption: Rara Bel Poze
Bob Francois - President and Booking Manager of Rara Bel Poze - 33rd Lowell Folk Festival

  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 15:00
Revisiting Afro-Dominican Filmmaker Loira Limbal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Loira Limbal, Credit: Erin Patrice O’Brien
Filmmaker Loira Limbal talks about her 2020 documentary Through the Night which examines a home-based 24-hour day-care center and the personal cost...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
WoodSongs 1049: DaShawn Hickman & Adam Weinberg
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: DaShawn and Wendy Hickman make their debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina Sacred Steel player DaShawn Hickman plus singer and finger...

Bought by KUAR, KDLG, KTRL, KENW, KDLG and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Vue Orleans: A Love Letter to New Orleans
From: World Footprints LLC
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See New Orleans like you've never seen her before atop a 34th floor observation deck and experience the richness of New Orleans history as cutting-...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
WoodSongs 991: Jug Band Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates Jug Bands with the legendary Jim Kweskin, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton and...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Yellowstone Public Radio, KTRL, KEDT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 49
Sonny Turner: The Lesson in Life You Learn
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
WoodSongs 864: Bobby Rush and Dallahan
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Blues man Bobby Rush!
On this week's ENCORE broadcast of WoodSongs 864, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues legend Bobby Rush plus award winning band from Scotla...

Bought by KENW, KHNS, KKRN, WETS, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Okwui Okpokwasili: Body Power, Racism and Gender Politics Through Performance
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura interviews MacArthur Genius Award winning choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili about her groundbreaking experimental work to comm...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kriste Peoples: Empowerment in the outdoors
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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Sunshine enthusiast Kriste Peoples is a speaker, writer and producer in Denver Colorado.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sarah M. Greer Celebrates Her Compositions and Improv at This Sunday’s CD Release Party
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sarah M. Greer, Credit: Brena Greer
A decade ago, Sarah M Greer had just about enough with her job. So she quit, and enrolled in music school to study vocal performance. Now she is a ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Nick Jordan Man of Accomplishment
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Nick Jordan, Credit: Moriah Ziman
Nick Jordan is a contemporary rhythm and blues and pop artist who has a handle on all phases of his act, including songwriting, singing, and dancin...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 07:06
Veteran Twin Cities Blues Artist Leads 7-Piece Group into Crooner's in Fridley
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Wee Willie Walker, Credit: Doug Knutson
Wee Willie Walker arrived in St Paul around 1960. Willie has had and has a long career in music, including singing Doo-wop, gospel music and down-h...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed at MWMF 2015: Toki Wright
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Today on “The Live Feed” we take you back to Mid West Music Fest 2015 and the music of Toki Wright. Toki Wright’s music has been described as a ble...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 26:21
#28 MIW Susan Mernit - Executive Director of Hack the Hood
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Susan Mernit on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
On this episode of Making It Work we will chat with Susan Mernit about her latest non-profit organization, Hack the Hood, and how they are making a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 24:25
Grandmaster Flash on the History of DJ Scratching
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, "Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip-hop. Theirs was a p...

Bought by WFHB and WETD


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Furious Love (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...

Bought by WJCT, WMNF, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
America the Beautiful (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Marian Anderson Sings at Lincoln Memorial: 1939 # 3, Credit: Smithsonian Institution
A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by WILL, WCNY, WTJU, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
America the Beautiful (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A stirring collection of patriotic music performed throughout U.S. history by African Americans, sometimes in the face of public hostility. Also, s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, WJCT, WFHB, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
A Burnable Book (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
Hip Hop, You Don’t Stop (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We trace hip hop’s roots, focusing on how it's expressed in different regions of our country, from California to New York, and even in Virginia. Pl...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Hip Hop, You Don’t Stop (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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American-invented hip hop music is now an international phenomenon with rappers in countries like Japan and Senegal. We trace hip hop’s roots, focu...

Bought by WEAA, WCNY, WXDU, and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Paquita Williams and Laura Lane
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paquita Williams (L) and Laura Lane (R)
New York City Subway Conductor Paquita Williams talks to one of her passengers, Laura Lane, about her job.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 3
36: Bambaataa's Open Archive
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2