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Caption: Opening Second Line, Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...

Bought by WFHB and KALW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 2
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In March 1964, a 35-year-old African American woman named Johnnie Mae Chappell was walking along the side of the road in Jacksonville, Florida. Fou...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 10, 2014
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
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This edition of our program strikes the perfect balance between big name new releases and truly independent albums.

Bought by WSGE, KPVL, and WJSU


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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It's another week of the best tunes on earth here inside the Home for New & Independent Blues Music.

Bought by WSGE, WJSU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A hot summer selection of the best in new & independent Blues music.

Bought by KPVL, WSGE, and WJSU


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Danielle Motindabeka in the WNYC studio
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
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All of the incredible artists on this week's show are 30 years old or under, and they're proving they are as passionate about the Blues as the elde...

Bought by WSGE and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Courtesy Roustabout Records
A brand new look at today's queens of the Blues, inside the Home for New & independent Blues Music.

Bought by KPVL, WSGE, and WJSU


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sister Luise Radlmeier visiting South Sudanese women she mentored now living in the USA
The Dawn Will Break is a documentary that is currently in production. It tells the story of some South Sudanese young women, who after fleeing the ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Whether it is in a traditional Blues duo setting or as a combination of two talents fronting a full band, deuces are wild, this week, as we explore...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, KPVL, and WSGE


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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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
Caption: Dom Flemons/Prospect Hill, Credit: Official Album Cover
Dom Flemons interprets traditional music with a distinct rhythmic drive, using instruments like bones and quills.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KSRQ, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Committed to bring you the widest variety of new Blues music releases, Full-Time Blues Radio is THE Home for New & Independent Blues Music.

Bought by WSGE, KPVL, and WJSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
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Johnny Full-Time is once again hard at work inside The Home for New & Independent Blues Music, manufacturing another amazing hour of the widest var...

Bought by WSGE, WJSU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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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
Caption: Luis Russell
A native of Panama, Luis Russell moved to New Orleans in 1919 after winning a $3000 lottery. He became a mainstay house pianist. But, in 1925 he mo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ruby Dee, c. 1960, Credit: John Springer Collection/Corbis
Ruby Dee, actress, writer and activist died on June 12 at the age of 91. The WFMT Radio Network is offering this excerpt of Ruby Dee speaking with ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
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More new Blues music rolls in, including the new record from past BB King Entertainer of the Year Janiva Magness!

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WJSU, WSGE, and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Full-Time Blues Radio is fully re-stocked with new and independent Blues music, including big names like Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Eden Brent!

Bought by WSGE, KPVL, and WJSU


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Lionel Hampton
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders should be better known. But, they’re not. Part of the reason is their geographical location: Los Angeles - 1929. A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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This week, Full-Time Blues Radio previews the WC Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival, taking place June 7-14 in Henderson, Kentucky. Hear music from ...

Bought by WSGE, KPVL, and WJSU


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dinaw Mengestu, Credit: Michael Lionstar
The author discusses the latest Big Read pick, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian exile in a gentrifying Washingt...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
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Choclatt Jared has played his bucket drums on 42nd Street, at the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Academy Awards, and on Saturday Night Live. H...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 30:13