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NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Kemp Harris
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 963 (Air Dates: June 12 - 18, 2023) This week on Art of the Song we talk with Kemp Harris. This Boston based and beloved artist is one of the ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUNM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Chicago Rarities
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
When the New Orleans community of Storyville was shuttered in 1917, musicians began traveling north to find work. No one could have been prepared f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Satchmo & Duke
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Armstrong & Ellington
They could not have been more opposite in their approach to jazz. Yet, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had identical goals. Provide the best mus...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
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


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - The Suffers - 834
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Gulf Coast Soul from the Suffers arrives to Musician's Spotlight, as singer Kam Franklin visits with host John Floridis. Kam dives deep into her Ho...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Past American Voice of Former California Poet Laureate Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Black History Month with the Past American Voice of Al Young, the two-time American Book Award winner, who passed away in 2021 at age 8...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
S07 Ep26: Women of Color: Composers, Part 5, 2/25/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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For this episode, we feature works composed by Women of Color. These remarkable women have worked to overcome both gender and racial bias in order...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
Crys Matthews - Black History
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 947 (Air Dates Feb 20 - 26, 2023) For Black History Month we revisit our 2021 interview with singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. ...

Bought by KRZA, KUNM, WHRV, High Plains Public Radio, WETS and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
NL 23-08: Here Comes The Sun: Nina Simone On RCA, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In late 1966 the fiercely individualistic singer and pianist Nina Simone signed with RCA Records and continued her genre-bending explorations of ja...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Smokey Robinson - Black History
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 946 (Air Dates: Feb 13 - 19, 2023) This week for Black History Month, we revisit our 2015 interview with Motown artist Smokey Robinson. His ...

Bought by WBHM, KTSW 89.9, KRZA, KUNM, WHRV and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
#23-06 American Impressions: NSO with Er-Gene Kahng
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Violinist Er-Gene Kahng joins the Newport Symphony for an all-American program including Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Bought by KPOV, WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Eric Bibb
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 945 (Air Dates: Feb 6 - 12, 2023) For Black History Month we go into the archive to replay a live interview and concert with Eric Bibb. Eric w...

Bought by KEDT, Angelica Community Radio, KRZA, WHRV, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
NL 23-06: Black Composers In Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis, 1959, 1/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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The first in a recurring series of shows explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Again...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WRGY, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WLPR , WFHB, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Director's Cut: Best of WGR 2022 (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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This year, we’re bringing you some of our favorite segments from 2022.

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
NL 23-03: Dear Martin, P.S.: More Jazz Tributes To Martin Luther King Jr., 1/9/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Jazz recordings in honor of the civil-rights leader made by James Spaulding, Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock, and others.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
A Lesson in Hill Country Blues with Cedric Burnside
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cedric Burnside, Credit: Stephen Payne
Hill Country Blues Musician, Songwriter and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Cedric Burnside talks about bringing his musical roots to the 21st century.

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


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
Musical Legacies (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A.D. Carson’s new album, “iv: talking with ghosts,” was written under the heaviness of covid lockdown, the deaths of close friends and family, and ...

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


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5