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Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Join host Sarah Aronson on a musical journey around the globe!

Bought by KAMU, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 3
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On this episode, Joshua highlights another piece from the amazing composer, William Grant Still. "Muted Laughter" is a wonderful and unique piece f...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Artie Matthews, early master of the ragtime art form and classical music educator.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces Camilla Ella Williams, an American operatic soprano and the first African American to sign a regular contract wi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Harry Burley, a master adapter of folk songs and influential figure to Antonin Dvorak.

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces Robert McFerrin, celebrated baritone and the first African American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship during the middle passage. Sancho escaped the institution of slave...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to one of the most interesting figures of classical music. Chevalier D'Saint George was the son of a slave an...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces Sisserieta Jones, and American soprano sometimes known as "Black Patti." She was one of the first black performe...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to H. Leslie Adams, a world renowned American composer, best known for vocally-centric modalities such as ope...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Stacey V. Gibbs, a renowned composer and arranger whose specialty is infusing new energy into familiar wor...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Samuel Coleridge Taylor, whose brief but prolific career left an indelible mark on classical music. The pi...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to composer Richard Danielpour, who has created notable works in conjunction with literary powerhouses Toni M...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to the virtuosic Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins. Born a slave, Blind Tom was an amazingly talented American music...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Undine Smith Moore, the "dean of black women composers." Moore was a prolific and talented composer and ar...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to composer and educator, George Walker. Known for his wide musical vocabulary, Walker is a pulitzer winning ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to the composer and multi-intrumentalist Evelyn Simpson Curenton, and we hear an excerpt of her work, "O'Glory."

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode, Angela introduces Moses Hogan, a 20th century American composer noted for his arrangements of spirituals.

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Robert Nathaniel Dett and his piece "Honey" from his "In the Bottoms" Suite. The piece evokes scenes and moods o...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, Joshua introduces William Grant Still, the "dean of black music." We hear an excerpt of Still's work "Ringplay," on piano.

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Southside Aces, Credit: Jonathan Hankin
The Southside Aces specializes in New Orleans music, and that means they prepare big time for Mardi Gras. Interviewer Phil Nusbaum sat down to talk...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
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A true inspiration for jazz networking and blues radio: The “Cookers,” a couple of whom are Donald Harrison and Cecil McBee, comprise a recording a...

Bought by WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WJSU, WYAP, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Led Zeppelin The Complete BBC Sessions
Led Zeppelin visited the BBC 5 times. This new release catalogues every performance. Hear Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones take you thr...

Bought by KMUW, WLPR , Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 52:19
  • Purchases: 5
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This week's show featured new music from Mercury Prize winning group Young Fathers, Zero 7, Janelle Monae, and Action Bronson.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00:47