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For the last week of July (7/27): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who revolutionized the world of jazz before his death at...

Bought by KCSM, The Texan Radio Network, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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For the third week of July (7/20): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who used an obscure folk instrument to help redefine...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of July (7/13): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a nightclub that helped resurrect the careers of several blues...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of July (7/6): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who was a champion rodeo rider before she became a pione...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the last week of June (6/29): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who made the first ever commercial recording in country ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the fourth week of June (6/22): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who was a Rhodes scholar, a janitor, and a helicopter ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
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A profile of Tony Schwartz, an innovative and inspired sound gatherer, recording the sounds of America since 1945.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, The Story and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 20:42
  • Purchases: 10
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For the third week of June (6/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a trailblazing singer whom many have called "the ori...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of June (6/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who popularized one of the best known fidd...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of June (6/4): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look a Texan who was born into poverty, but became an interna...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the fourth week of May (5/25): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman honors a musician who, as a child, learned to play from blues legends Blind Lem...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For the second week of May (5/12): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who traveled with migrant farm workers as a child, bef...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of May (5/5): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman traces the journey one musician made from the oil fields of West Texas, to the b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the last week of April (4/28): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the tale of a country music legend who began his career playing German an...

Bought by KCSM and The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 5
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Historical look at R&B music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 5
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A look at the history of R&B music.

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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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
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An exploration of early R&B music

Bought by KUCB, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 4
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Exploration of Rythm and Blues from the 50's-70's

Bought by WDCB, KUCB, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5
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For the third week of April (4/21): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who pioneered one of Texas' most popular musical genres,...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of April (4/14): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Tejana singer who rose from humble beginnings to become a w...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the first week of April (4/7): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the nation's first Country music superstar: Vernon Dalhart

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For the last week of March (3/31): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes us back to the turn of the 20th century and tells the story of the woman ...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1