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Blue Dimensions L27: "The Sorrow Songs" of the Black British experience from Angeline Morrison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience," music from folk singer Angeline Morrison about being black and growing up in and living...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
781: The Year Of Return / 782: Listen To Your City, 4/1/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Blue Dimensions K41: Pharaoh Sanders' Most Classic Piece In Its 32+ Minute Entirety
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"The Creator Has A Master Plan" from the late Pharaoh Sanders, in its magnificent 32+-minute entirety.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KMXT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
721: The Year Of Return / 722: What's Wrong With Work?, 9/3/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'The Year Of Return' - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Blue Dimensions J45: "Pursuance" and "Psalm" from Coltrane's "A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle" and the debut of DeAndre Lettsome
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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The last two parts of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle," new music from pianist Hiromi, and the debut of saxophonist DeAndre Lettsome

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
WoodSongs 965: Amythyst Kiah and Joe Robinson
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Amythyst Kiah on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Southern Gothic folksinger Amythyst Kiah plus Australian virtuoso guitari...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WEJP-LP 107.1, Radio Bristol, WETS, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 34
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Blue Dimensions I44: South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's Modes of Communication
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini's album "Modes Of Communication: Letters From The Underworlds."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
At the Crossroads of Commons and Closure with Historian Peter Linebaugh
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The current uprisings, which are beginning to threaten the status quo of policing in the United States and bringing the demands of abolition into t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:22
WoodSongs 864: Bobby Rush and Dallahan
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Blues man Bobby Rush!
On this week's ENCORE broadcast of WoodSongs 864, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes blues legend Bobby Rush plus award winning band from Scotla...

Bought by KENW, KHNS, KKRN, WETS, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Model Behavior—New Orleans Art Triennial Inspires Other Cities
From: Cathy Byrd
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What will be the cultural impact of the new Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art when the exhibition premieres in 2021? Follow us to Louisiana,...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2019
  • Length: 51:28
WoodSongs 857: Royal Southern Brotherhood and We Banjo 3
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: New Orleans music royalty Cyril Neville.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes an acclaimed U.S. soul-blues collective lead by Cyril Neville Royal South...

Bought by KENW, WDSE, WETS, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 8
The Nile Project: An East African musical journey
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Nile Project musicians rehearse in Kampala, Uganda, Credit: Julie Caine
In a quiet park in Kampala, Uganda, 14 musicians from eight different East African countries sit under a tree.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
Little Mogadishu
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
Caption: Trudy's Bar, Credit: Alex Stonehill
King County is home to one of the country's largest populations of Somalis. They've been fleeing since the Somali government collapsed in 1991. The...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:45
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project -- Part 2
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Herbie Hancock
Hancock talks about his collaboration with African and Latin American stars.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 07:21
Water Music
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Richmond Virginia's Folk Festival led to the creation of a sister city relationship with Segou, Mali. In time, these two cities will be exchanging ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 27:41
Simon 1
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Simon raps in English and Twi

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:20
Story Time
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a sound piece using fragments of stories that children wrote and told in Kumasi, Ghana.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:04
Sudanese in Kansas City Mourn VP John Garang
From: KCUR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio postcard of the memorial service and an interview with niece Rebecca de Mabior.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 11:20