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Blues File: From Spirituals To Swing
From: WXPN
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look back at From Spirituals To Swing concerts in 1938 and 1939

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Jay McShann & H-Bomb Ferguson
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Remembrances of Jay McShann and H-Bomb Ferguson

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Robert Lockwood & The Pre-War Blues
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Robert Lockwood, last artist to record pre-war blues has died: remembrance of him & pre-war era

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
If Lucille Were a Person...
From: Zak Rosen
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Blues scholar on the importance of B.B. King

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio New Zealand, WABE, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 6
Everything Was Right: The Beatles' Revolver
From: Paul Ingles
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Either a two-hour program (with optional 5:00 newscast length content in each hour that can be dropped), or a one-hour program (with additional new...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WSKG, KSRQ, WCBE, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 43
Blues File: Ruth Brown, In Memoriam
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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remembrance of Ruth Brown

Bought by KCSM, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 5
San Francisco's Effervescent Song & Dance
From: Dick Meister
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If you're going to San Francisco -- or already there -- don't miss the hilarious, longest running musical review in U.S. history, Beach Blanket Bab...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:52
Blues File: Odell Harris
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "Searching For Odell Harris", Odell Harris's debut album

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 5
Vic Teakwood /"Smells Like Teen Sweatshops"
From: Doug Gordon
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A satirical commentaraoke

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
Blues File: Buddy Guy
From: WXPN
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review of Buddy Guy boxed set "Can't Quit The Blues"

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Lady Bianca
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Review of career of blues singer-pianist L:ady Bianca

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 4
C'est la Guerre
From: David Grimes
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Musical setting of quotes from Lyndon Johnson, William Fulbright and Wayne Morse regarding the War in Vietnam.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Memphis Minnie
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Career retrospective of the great country blueswoman Memphis Minnie

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
Lucero rising (new music, same indomitable spirit)
From: Katie Ball
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Kind of like the little band that could, Memphis alt-rockers Lucero remind listeners of the true passion and grit that can only be found in America...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:52
Blues File: Drink House To Church House
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of CD-DVD combo "Drink House To Church House, Vol. 1" documenting modern rural blues

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Blues Around The World
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of "Blues Around The World" a new collection of international blues

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, KHNS, WEFT and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 6
That's My Song: International Girl.
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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Hannah Hagar remembers her first musical and how the musical, and one song in particular, influenced her.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
That's My Song: Thanks A Lot!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: That's My Song!
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Leslie Wise reminisces about loving Ernest Tubb's song "Thanks A Lot" as a child, and what it means to her.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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A look at Coltrane's masterpiece "A Love Supreme" with author Ashley Kahn

Bought by KKRN, KFAI Minneapolis, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
New Music Review: Jason Moran
From: KUT
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The low-down on the latest release by one of the brightest luminaries in modern jazz: 'Artist in Residence' by Jason Moran.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
Fats Waller: If You Gotta Ask
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive documentary about Fats Waller, one of America's great composers and performers of the 20th century.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 38
The Byrds (part 1): There is a Season
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Byrds: There is a Season / Farther Along
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The first of two one-hour documentaries on The Byrds, covering 1964 to 1967: the hitmaking years of the band's original five members.

Bought by Prairie Public, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
Blues File: Coltrane: An 80th Birthday Celebration
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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overview of John Coltrane's career on the 80th anniversary of his birth

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and WQJC


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Bob Dylan's "Modern Times"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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A look at the history of two blues songs credited to Bob Dylan on his new album.

Bought by WDNA, KKRN, KKRN, KHNS, WEFT and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Specialty Profiles Series
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of first six albums in the "Specialty Profiles" reissue series

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, and WQJC


  • Added: Sep 07, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4

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