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Actor Ayana Workman talks about working on Branden Jacobs Jenkins play, Everybody--an updated version of a 15th century morality play and a big ch...
- Added: Dec 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
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
Jazz singer Dianne Reeves believes in making music without boundaries.
- Added: Mar 16, 2018
- Length: 29:44
- Purchases: 2
"[Charles Burnett's] filmmaking is so quiet. It’s a deeply reflective cinema; it’s cinema that focuses on characterization, that really gives chara...
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 59:02
Actor Dion has narrated hundreds of audio books and is an aural shape-shifter.
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- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 29:40
- Purchases: 1
Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.
- Added: Feb 23, 2018
- Length: 29:56
- Purchases: 2
Director Rob Meyer talks about the making of the independent film, Little Boxes.
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- Added: Feb 09, 2018
- Length: 28:28
- Purchases: 1
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.
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- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcome vocal powerhouse from Austin, Texas Ruthie Foster plus East Nashville base...
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- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 10
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
Bowman Wright on the transformative power of theater and his two portrayals of MLK.
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 27:08
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
The Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts uses dance to create a community of young men.
Bought by KISA Digital Studios, WCAI / WNAN, WNJR, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 07:50
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...
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- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr has the uncanny ability to embody fully-realized characters.
- Added: Dec 03, 2015
- Length: 28:30
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
The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...
Bought by WVAS, Vermont Public Radio, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WXDU and more
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 9
The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...
Bought by KMRE-LP, WKCC, Radio Phoenix, KENW, and KKRN
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 5
