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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by WLPR , KUOW, KQED, WITF, St. Louis Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Bessie Smith
Although she wasn’t the first blues artist to record, she was most certainly an influential trailblazer. Frequently, her recordings were enhanced w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Guitarist, singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis. The prolific recording artist has relea...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
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The Kids Crew learn about GoGo and Hip Hop musical genres with Uncle Devin Walker from WeeNation Radio, who also guest deejays our show. This is a ...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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The Kids Crew learn about GoGo and Hip Hop musical genres with Uncle Devin Walker from WeeNation Radio, who also guest deejays our show. This is a ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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SHOW 912 (Air Dates: June 20 - 26, 2022) This week on Art of the Song for our Legend Series, we revisit our 2015 interview with Motown artist Smo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Rhiannon Giddens, Credit: Ebru Yildiz
In this 2021 interview, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens talks about the Black roots of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, New England Public Media, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson--the creator of A Strange Loop—talks about the origins and evolution of the prize-winning musical.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dancing in the Streets book cover, Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
Put on your alligator shoes and Sunday best as we explore the history of the Second Line while we go dancing in the streets of New Orleans.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:55
Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: BB King's daughter Claudette King on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes The BB King Blues Band with special guests Claudette King and Michael Lee .

Bought by KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVTF, KEDT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
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Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke Ellington . Born and raised in Washington, D.C. at the t...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: 1920s Chicago, Credit: Getty
In the 1920s, Chicago became the jazz capital of the world. During that time, there were More than 70 nightclubs, ballrooms, and theatre halls part...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Women of color are still something of an anomaly in the classical music world. This week, performances from outstanding women of color.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Diggin' Diz: A Portrait Of Dizzy Gillespie

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Caption: Mavis Staples
Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by WETS, KFSK, KNCT FM, Capital Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Jackie Robinson
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus, and others.

Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WETS, KFSK, KUHF, WRVO Public Media, and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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Multiple Grammy Award nominee and multiple winner of several Blues Music Award Awards, singer songwriter Ruthie Foster visits with host John Florid...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2