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672.J: ANYTIME CLASSICAL EXTENDED, 4/29/2024 9:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL Extended Pieces
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4 works, including PIAZZOLLA: Adios Nonino (Tango) (Tango) . Cellists of the Berlin Phil..

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
670.J: ANYTIME CLASSICAL EXTENDED, 4/25/2024 9:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL Extended Pieces
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4 works, including BORODIN: Symphony #2 in B Minor. Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
New Music From José James
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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New music by José James, a throwback groove, “Saturday Night” from his latest release, 1978. We’ll go “Dancing In The Street” with Martha Reeves ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WGZS, KSLU, KCUR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
TSSAAPR240313 The Soul Show: All Day Women '24 (evergreened WHM episode)
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join host Mike Canton for his annual episode of All Day Women. It's a WHM tradition, but presented in evergreen form. Enjoy!

Bought by KCHW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Ballad of the Brown King
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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Dr. Louise Toppin, a preeminent performer and scholar specializing in the concert repertoire of African American composers, presents the world prem...

Bought by KTEP, WUFT, WCQS, WWNO, WRKF and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 82
Rhythm Atlas 290 2023-06-12 Juneteenth & Black Music Month Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this week’s special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, host Denis McGilvray celebrates Juneteenth and Black Music Month. The playlist shines a light o...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KAMU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lady J Griot Performs at Pagan Pride Festival this Saturday at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Lady J Griot and the Root Doctors, Credit: Dennis Maddix
Lady J Griot and her Root Doctors not only play the blues, but tell of the connections with African religion, philosophy and folklore. The group pe...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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
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
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
Rhythm Atlas 191 Black Music Month / Juneteenth Special
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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On this special EVERGREEN edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month and Juneteenth. African American Musi...

Bought by KUCB, New Hampshire Public Radio, RADIOLEX, KAMU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
Rhythm Atlas 139 2020-06-13 Black Voices of Protest from Around the World
From: Denis McGilvray
Series: The Rhythm Atlas
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June is African-American Music Appreciation Month - originally proclaimed as Black Music Month by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. We’ll expand on t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
#20-07 Gould Piano Trio part 2
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Gould Piano Trio play Ravel's piano trio, and Er-Gene Kahng plays the 2nd violin concerto by Florence Price

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Archiving the Underground: The Hiphop Archive at Harvard
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Caption: Hip-hop superstar Nas at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard, Credit: Courtesy of The Hiphop Archive at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center
A journey to The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard. whose mission is to “facilitate and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, art, cul...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 31:22
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Blues History #50 - March 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #49 - March 3-9
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #48 - February 24-March 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #47 - February 17-23
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Blues History #46 - February 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #45 - February 3-9
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #44 - January 27-February 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #43 - January 20-26
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #42 - January 13-19
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #40 - December 30-January 5
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #34 - November 18-24
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 03:29