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New Brownies (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KIYU-FM, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KHNS and more

New Brownies (hour/no bb or bed)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KECG and Royalton Community Radio

New Brownies (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WMUU-LP

New Brownies (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo

Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WNMU-FM

Amina Claudine Myers: Mixing Jazz with Gospel

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Amina Claudine Myers, Credit: Crystal Blake

An musical podcast with pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and 2024 Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers exploring her life in music from gospel to...

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Bonus Edition: Meet Jazz Great Gary Bartz

From: National Endowment for the Arts

Caption: Gary Bartz, Credit: Alan Nahigian

In this tuneful 59 minute podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, ...

NL 24-07: Suite History: Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey, 2/12/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Suite History - Four Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, Morehead State Public Radio, WLRH and more

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

From: National Endowment for the Arts

An interview with the co-directors of the documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes. The interview paints a comprehensive picture of Max Roach's...

It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more

NL 24-01: From Spirituals To Swing, 1/1/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.

Black and Fine (half)

From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials

Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KMUN and more

Black and Fine (hour/no bb or bed)

From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials

Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG, and Royalton Community Radio

Black and Fine (hour)

From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials

Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, KZYX, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC and more

Black and Fine (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials

Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC, WUGA (part of GPB) and more

Womenfolk #230920

From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio

Deidre McCalla's 50th Anniversary Interview

Hip-Hop and Arts Education

From: National Endowment for the Arts

Caption: Emmett Phillips, Credit: Jennifer Marquez of JamsCreative Photography

Teaching artist Emmett Phillips discusses the dynamic arts education programming he creates through hip-hop.

Bought by WRGY

Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis

We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP

NL 23-29: Paris Noir: Black American Jazz Musicians In France, 7/10/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

In the years following World War II, Black American jazz musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Kenny Clarke, and Bud Powell took up residence in France,...

Celebrate Black Music Month with NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett!

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Kenny Garrett, Credit: Jimmy Katz

Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett talks about his life in music.

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter

From: National Endowment for the Arts

Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman

Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more

THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]

From: Paul Ingles

Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester and more

John Penny’s Jazz Recycles Many Jazz Styles and He Reflects on Jazz Cultural Backgrounds

From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend

Caption: John Penny, Credit: Andrea Canter

Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...

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