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Arad Sawat - Israeli Production Designer - Footnote, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Norman, Foxtrot, and Beirut
- Added: May 12, 2018
- Length: 29:00
April Lasky - Production Designer - Indignation, The Greatest Showman, Unsane, Taipei, and Depraved
Bought by KWMR
- Added: May 05, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Tommaso Fiorilli - Cinematographer - Cages, The Attack, Baron Noir, The Insult
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 29:00
This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Ruth Brown, one of the biggest R&B singers of the 1950s, who first hit the top of the Billboard charts, this week in 1950.
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile street musician Bongo Joe, who recorded a cult favorite for Arhoolie Records, in 1968.
- Added: Apr 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Tristan Oliver - Cinematographer - Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, ParaNorman, Loving Vincent, and Isle of Dogs
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Apr 21, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Rats and other vermin are adversely impacting respiratory health.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:38
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
This time we profile The Howlin’ Wolf, who made his debut on the Billboard R&B charts in 1951.
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who first recorded with an electric guitar, this week in 1941.
- Added: Apr 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Professor Longhair, who first recorded a beloved Mardi Gras classic, this week in 1949.
- Added: Apr 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Nathan Halpern - Composer - Rich Hill, All the Presidents Men Revisited, One Percent More Humid, and The Rider
- Added: Apr 13, 2018
- Length: 29:00
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 11, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Henry Thomas, whose two dozen recordings for Vocalion, made in the late 1920s, hark back to a time before the blues.
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile harmonica ace Junior Wells — who was in the studio laying down some classic tracks for Delmark Records, this week in 1965.
- Added: Apr 08, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Little Richard and Specialty Records owner Art Rupe, who, at first anyway, wasn’t too impressed by Little Richard.
- Added: Apr 06, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Bassist Graydon Peterson, drummer Jay Epstein and guitarist Park Evans comprise Fire Bell. The group is a modern jazz trio that shares musical visi...
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Bassist Graydon Peterson, drummer Jay Epstein and guitarist Park Evans comprise Fire Bell. The group is a modern jazz trio that shares musical visi...
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Joy Ann Parker’s vocal stylings have always been kind of bluesy and jazzy. But recently Joyann’s Patsy Kline tribute show, the iconic country singe...
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 08:00
