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Up Close And Acoustic with Norman Taylor

From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic

Caption: Norman Taylor, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic

Norman Taylor is a Philly-based Country-Blues artist. His style is based around such blues greats as Robert Johnson and Skip James, along with mode...

Bought by KTNA

THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E 2 of 2 - [1972 - 1984]

From: Paul Ingles

Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

Blues America 117 - Tail Dragger

From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America

The Tail Dragger got his name from the Howlin' Wolf and is one of the most notorious singers on the Chicago blues scene over the past 35 years. He ...

Bought by KMUW, WLPR , WYAP, KRZA, Public Radio East and more

The Sound of Resistance: Protest or Pose

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

We’ll look at three songs: “Strange Fruit” sung by Billie Holiday (and recently sampled by Kanye West); “We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gill Scott Hero...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KZMU Moab Community Radio

The Spiritual Edge: Celebrating the commonalities at Oakland’s ‘Sushi’ Mosque

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge

Caption: Musicians lead the congregation in Praise Singing at ICCNC, Credit: Hana Baba

Mosques here are generally identified by sect, you have, say, the Sunni Mosque, the Shia Mosque, the Sufi Mosque. But the Islamic Cultural Center o...

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

Hip Hop in Virginia (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

The history of hip hop usually centers on major cities, but a new archive is highlighting the rich history of hip hop in Virginia. Allison Quantz h...

Bought by WABE

Celebrating 40 years of dancing the African diaspora

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Twelve dancers -- men and women all dressed in black rehearsal clothes -- move with fierce and graceful undulations through the space. They dance t...

Bought by WABE

Rumba and the radio

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

If you happen to walk by the Radio Habana Social Club on Valencia Street on a Sunday afternoon, you might hear Rumba, the music of Cuba. Radio Haba...

The Church of Coltrane

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

On Sunday morning, while the Fillmore District is brunching or sleeping in, I’m sweating to attend something I’ve never run for in my life: church....

Bought by PRX Remix

I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.

It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix