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A heartfelt remembrance of blues harmonica master and 2017 National Heritage Fellow the late Phil Wiggins
Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Jun 04, 2024
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 3
In this tuneful 59 minute podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2024
- Length: 59:01
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.
Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more
- Added: Feb 27, 2023
- Length: 28:54
- Purchases: 6
Guitarist John Penny Is in touch with many jazz styles, and he uses many as sources for his new compositions. Also, when John performs, he offers i...
- Added: Feb 12, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Colin Cutler is an Americana and roots, guitar and banjo driven singer-songwriter based in Greensboro, NC. We discuss the juxtaposition between h...
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 58:22
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. Kevin lea...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
An extended trailer to the upcoming public radio documentary, produced by Paul Ingles, on the early emergence and on-going stellar career of musici...
Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and Louisville Public Media
- Added: May 21, 2022
- Length: 10:42
- Purchases: 2
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 28:54
- Purchases: 4
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 07, 2022
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 4
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
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
As one-half of Austin's 'Band of the Year,' (RAS) Riders Against the Storm, Jonathan 'Chaka' Mahone is a born musician. Knowing that it's truly 'bi...
- Added: May 28, 2021
- Length: 07:04
In the last years of his life, and no longer with the services of longtime writing partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to compose mem...
- Added: Apr 22, 2021
- Length: 59:02
Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.
- Added: Apr 11, 2021
- Length: 28:53
- Purchases: 2
Identity - Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:36
Music and conversation with NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell
Bought by WDCB and Harford Community Radio
- Added: Apr 07, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Music of the pianist and composer-arranger who left his stamp on the bebop and hardbop era, as well as an interview with Dameron biographer Paul Co...
- Added: Sep 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
Davu Seru is a north Minneapolis composer who has been influenced by experiences in Chicago and Ghana, and it all comes out in his music. Davu lead...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Famed sou-funk singer, Sweet Pea Atkinson of the 80's hitmakers Was (Not Was) releases his first solo studio effort in 30 years for Blue Note Recor...
Bought by WLPR , WART FM, Goat Radio, Public Radio East, WSLR and more
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 58:07
- Purchases: 13
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Nique Love Rhodes
We have a social entrepreneur of a different kind, she is a rapper! You will have an opportunity to learn how the social and bus...
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 39:03
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 07:50
