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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.
Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 23
Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 24:17
In honor of Billie Holiday's centennial, "Song Travels" features Grammy-winning vocalist and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater, who embodied the late sin...
- Added: Jun 16, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 4
This Poetry Month: We celebrate the late African American poet Lucille Clifton, who was widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, wo...
- Added: Apr 14, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
Lady E lost just about everything that gave her life meaning and then she found something else inside her. Her voice.And now Lady E sings the blues...
- Added: Apr 02, 2015
- Length: 27:23
The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.
Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Oct 10, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
In the early years of recordings, Louis Armstrong became a trailblazing pioneer in the art of accompanying blues singers. I wasn’t as easy as it ma...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
We travel to Indianapolis, IN to explore the story of literary great Etheridge Knight, who published his first book, the soulful 1968 masterpiece ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:09
- Purchases: 3
White upper-class women seeking to become honorary blacks. Unheard of –right? That’s what began to happen during what became known as the Black Ren...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 02, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
The Soul; show is 1 as we rewind the clock to August 13th 2011 for the debut of the Steve Edwards Soul Show on American radio. Featuring the orig...
- Added: Aug 09, 2012
- Length: 02:57:27
- Added: Aug 08, 2012
- Length: 59:43
- Purchases: 2
Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 01:57:35
A Twist of Soul , Funk and Civil Rights is the story of Edition 6 of The Steve Edwards Soul Show. It is a musical tribute the the artists that laid...
- Added: Apr 04, 2012
- Length: 59:07
Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
"Well, growing up in Detroit I was exposed to a lot of different music, a lot of different cultures at a very young age without ever having to leav...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 07:23
- Purchases: 6
SUGAR PIE DE SANTO is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...
- Added: May 23, 2011
- Length: 54:43
SUGAR PIE DE SANTO is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...
- Added: May 23, 2011
- Length: 55:15
Sugar Pie de Santo is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 55:18
The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 07:24
In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:11
An interview with THE NEW BIRTH - A one hour (Part C) interview with LESLIE WILSON and MELVIN WILSON of THE NEW BIRTH SOUL R&B Group. An inside sto...
- Added: Dec 20, 2009
- Length: 58:58
Poet Lucille Clifton is widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, and spirituality.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 3
One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.
Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
