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6 works, including DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano.
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 57:00
4 works, including WALKER: Lyric for Strings. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta.
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 57:00
6 works, including RAVEL: Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert. London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado; Salvatore Accardo, violin.
- Added: Jun 07, 2024
- Length: 57:01
6 works, including RAVEL: Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert. London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado; Salvatore Accardo, violin.
- Added: Jun 07, 2024
- Length: 57:01
We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created.
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 58:02
We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 43:53
History is made by the daily decisions of regular people. One family's story of the Great Migration.
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 52:50
On this episode, we explore the story of Plymouth Freeman, a black Patriot who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and d...
- Added: Jan 02, 2024
- Length: 29:30
Despite being one of the most frequently banned authors, Toni Morrison’s work has inspired countless others to tell stories outside the mainstream....
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 23:18
Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
Polio survivor Shirley Duhart tells her longtime friend and doctor, Dale Strasser, about why wearing stylish shoes has been so empowering.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio
- Added: Apr 25, 2023
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
Otis Hicks was a somewhat unsung Louisiana blues man who was an inspiration to another Louisianan who would one day become world famous!
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR
- Added: Apr 11, 2023
- Length: 01:00:08
- Purchases: 2
Sounds Jewish celebrates Black History Month with hot Jewish music performed by African-American singers and instrumentalists
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Feb 09, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
He was ranked as #43 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. That is a great legacy to leave behind.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Dec 19, 2022
- Length: 59:49
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 57:14
- Purchases: 1
Magic Slim and the Teardrops stayed true to the sound of Chicago Blues
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 59:59
- Purchases: 2
Luther Allison took Blues to a new level, yet stayed true to it's roots.
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 59:59
- Purchases: 2
Rosa Parks is best known to Americans as a national treasure — the little old lady who sat down on a bus and “ended racism.” What we lose in that d...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more
- Added: Oct 19, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 7
Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Sep 24, 2022
- Length: 59:49
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 13, 2022
- Length: 50:30
- Purchases: 1
A performing artist for over 6 decades, Joe Louis Walker is one who is due some recognition.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jul 01, 2022
- Length: 59:26
- Purchases: 1
In the year 2000 Telarc Blues label released a 3-album salute to three Chicago Blues Masters.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 57:29
- Purchases: 1
Harold Lucas, Jr. sits down with his daughter, D’Lorah Butts-Lucas, to remember seeing Jackie Robinson train to become the first Black player in M...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Apr 21, 2022
- Length: 03:07
- Purchases: 1
Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 01:00:02
