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Kevin Washington and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
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 and Ra Spirit Combine Spirituality with Diasporic Outlook at Walker West Performance
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
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
NL 22-39: Trane '62: John Coltrane's Classic Quartet Begins, 9/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Recordings that saxophonist John Coltrane made with Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, and the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Appalachian Vibes: Seed Picker, Thomas Thurman, Megan Jean's Secret Family
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
SW VA blues driven band, Seed picker,Thomas Thurman is a christian rock influenced singer-songwriter from SW Virginia, and Megan jean’s Secret Fami...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
Kemp Harris
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 923 (Air Dates: Sept 5 - 11, 2022) This week on Art of the Song we talk with Kemp Harris. This Boston based and beloved artist is one of the v...

Bought by KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, WCUW 91.3 FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Black, Brown and Beige - Duke Ellington’s Historic Jazz Symphony
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
Musician's Spotlight - Sugaray Rayford - 822
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Vocalist and songwriter Sugaray Rayford joins host John Floridis to review his incendiary performance at the Montana Folk Festival in July, 2022 fr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 1049: DaShawn Hickman & Adam Weinberg
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: DaShawn and Wendy Hickman make their debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina Sacred Steel player DaShawn Hickman plus singer and finger...

Bought by KUAR, KDLG, KTRL, KENW, KDLG and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Musician's Spotlight - Peter Mulvey - 820
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Guitarist, singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis. The prolific recording artist has relea...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Henry Threadgill--creating on music's cutting edge
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, New England Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6
Smokey Robinson - Legend Series
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 912 (Air Dates: June 20 - 26, 2022) This week on Art of the Song for our Legend Series, we revisit our 2015 interview with Motown artist Smo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRZA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Rhiannon Giddens celebrates a world of Black music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rhiannon Giddens, Credit: Ebru Yildiz
In this 2021 interview, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens talks about the Black roots of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, New England Public Media, WMPG, RADIOLEX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Just in time for the Tony Awards--Revisiting Michael R. Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Michael R. Jackson, Credit: Zack DeZon
Michael R. Jackson--the creator of A Strange Loop—talks about the origins and evolution of the prize-winning musical.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Aliyah Hicks
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Normally, The Rough Draft Diaries looks back on someone's success months or years after they've mastered their skill or goal. Today, we're chatting...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Trailer To: THE EMERGENCE OF STEVIE WONDER
From: Paul Ingles
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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
Musician's Spotlight - Brandee Younger - 815
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Grammy Award nominated harpist and composer Brandee Younger joins host John Floridis by phone from Harlem to discuss her most recent recording "Unr...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Dancing in the Streets: A History of the Second Line
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Dancing in the Streets book cover, Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
Put on your alligator shoes and Sunday best as we explore the history of the Second Line while we go dancing in the streets of New Orleans.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:55
Jazz Musician Terence Blanchard on composing an opera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
675: Taking Pop Seriously / 676: African Cities Of The Future, 3/26/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
Leaveil Degree of The Whispers: Describe Those Things Very Tastefully
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Leaveil Degree, Credit: Shefik
Romance - Leaveil Degree is a member of The Whispers. The group scored 15 top-ten R&B singles, and eight top-ten R&B albums, with two of them, "The...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:30
WoodSongs 989: The BB King Blues Band
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: BB King's daughter Claudette King on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes The BB King Blues Band with special guests Claudette King and Michael Lee .

Bought by KUAR, Radio Bristol, WVTF, KEDT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
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
WoodSongs 1027: WoodSongs Kids Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Wallace Sisters on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon it's a celebration of WoodSongs Kids from across the country for the entire bro...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KZUM, KKRN, KBRW, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
A wide-ranging talk with 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
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
Musician's Spotlight - Ruthie Foster - 808
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award nominee and multiple winner of several Blues Music Award Awards, singer songwriter Ruthie Foster visits with host John Florid...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2

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