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Carmen McRae was one of the most respected jazz singers in the business for four decades. This week, we’ll explore her early recordings for the Dec...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we pay tribute to singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. We’ll explore his expansive recording career, which encompassed folk, calypso...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week on Afterglow, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer Williams and Clarence Willi...
- Added: Jan 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
This week, we’re celebrating the rich baritone voice of jazz singer Johnny Hartman, who would have turned 100 years old on July 3rd. We’ll explore ...
- Added: Jun 19, 2023
- Length: 59:00
The children of Baptist preachers, raised in gospel music — Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke are two of the most venerated names in soul. This week, w...
- Added: May 22, 2023
- Length: 59:00
On this episode, we’ll explore the life and career of “Mr. B” Billy Eckstine, a singer and bandleader who broke boundaries as a black icon in a seg...
- Added: Jan 30, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week, I’ll introduce you to the music of two underrated female singers, revered among jazz aficionados: Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis.
- Added: Jan 09, 2023
- Length: 59:00
This week, Mark Chilla talks with jazz historian Will Friedwald about the early years of Nat King Cole and the King Cole Trio, as they explore some...
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Normally, The Rough Draft Diaries looks back on someone's success months or years after they've mastered their skill or goal. Today, we're chatting...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 07, 2022
- Length: 06:03
- Purchases: 1
On this Afterglow special for Black History Month, we explore the songs of two unrelated black jazz composers from the early 20th century: Spencer ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Strength - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded...
- Added: Dec 12, 2021
- Length: 01:43
This is a Classical music program featuring women of color.
They are all notable Women in various fields of Classical Music;
including Composers, ...
Bought by KVCR, WXXI Rochester, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Jul 22, 2021
- Length: 56:24
- Purchases: 3
Dreams - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2020
- Length: 01:26
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:05
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:42
Celebrate Black History Month with an exploration of the songs from one of the most influential songwriting duos of the 20th century: Andy Razaf an...
Bought by KTXK, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMUW, Radio Catskill, WBGO and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
March 17th marks Nat King Cole's centennial, and on this program, we chronicle his rise to stardom in the 1940s.
Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and WJSU
- Added: Feb 20, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Today on “The Live Feed” we take you back to Mid West Music Fest 2015 and the music of Toki Wright. Toki Wright’s music has been described as a ble...
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 26:21
It's the rough and tumble 1920s Chicago’s speakeasies. You had to have a password to gain entrance through a side door.
Bought by WDCB, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX
- Added: Feb 17, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
From winning an amateur contest at Piqua's May's Opera House in the 1920s to the rise of rock and roll in the early fifties and their number one hi...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 04, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A birthday tribute to the American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, born April 12, 1940.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 59:52
- Purchases: 2
Cornetist Thomas Morris is somewhat of an obscure artist from the 1920s, although he was certainly very active recording with Clarence Williams, Si...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The Selby Avenue Jazz Fest: a local institution with great local acts and a national one, community activities, and a location for teaching about A...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Sep 08, 2013
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
The story of RUFUS featuring CHAKA KHAN in their own words, by two of the founding members; keyboardist KEVIN MURPHY and guitarist TONY MAIDEN.
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 01:01:57
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 59:12
