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EP214 Muddy Waters "Folk Singer"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Muddy Waters went back to his bare roots on this 1964 album "Folk Singer".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 57:14
  • Purchases: 1
Take Me To The River New Orleans
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to the film, "Take Me To the River New Orleans." The Story of of NOLA's diverse music culture told through a series o...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WYSO, KALW, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
EP190 Lightnin' Hopkins 1959
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
EP159 Kirk Fletcher
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Blues music has been his world most of his life.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 57:23
EP156 From Hill Country to Mississippi Delta Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Super Chikin' and Terry "Harmonica" Bean from Mississippi

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
EP148 Blues for 2020
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:13
The Junot Files: Dylan Howard
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Dylan Howard, author of "Bad" and "Royals at War"

  • Added: Jul 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:23
The Mind-Bending Mythology of Trenton Doyle Hancock
From: Cathy Byrd
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In November 2019, Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock brings his mythological “Moundverse” to Miami. Locust Projects gives over the entire s...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 18:03
NEA Jazz Moments with Vocalist, Dianne Reeves (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dianne Reeves sings "Dreams" with Robert Glasper, steps into Ella's shoes, and knows Today Will Be a Good Day.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dianne Reeves
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dianne Reeves can effortlessly sing in whatever style she wants with her far-reaching range, whether it’s rhythm-and-blues, gospel, Latin or pop. B...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 13
Jamaican Versus American Musics - Who Influenced Who?
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 43:39
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these moments, we learn about the (soulful) power of the organ, especially in the hands of Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dee Dee Bridgewater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
Big Ron Hunter: Coming In to Eat
From: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Series: Music Maker Minute - Race in U.S.
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Big Ron Hunter is invited inside to eat with his friends.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 11:08
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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"You can play notes, but if you don't put anything in the notes, that's what it is...just notes." - Pharoah Sanders.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Archie Shepp
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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As a composer and a horn player, Archie Shepp is a consummate innovator, never ceasing to push music forward.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
Bay Area Beats: Zena
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Bay Area Beats
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Zena, from Oakland, is a singer songwriter, visual artist, storyteller – and one of the few women masters of the kora – a West African harp – taugh...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist, George Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
"The Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue" Live From The Schomburg Center
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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More than 50 years ago, America’s most prolific composer, Duke Ellington, collaborated with bassist Charlie Mingus and drummer Max Roach to produce...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:59:01
Blues Unlimited #274 - A Conversation With The Blues (Language Advisory)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us for a special program featuring two legendary albums. The first, a "Conversation With The Blues," was recorded by Paul Oliver during the su...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WJSU


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Connie's Hot Chocolates
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fats Waller
Connie’s Hot Chocolates opened at the Hudson Theater, 44th Street east of Broadway, on June 20, 1929. It was a slice of Harlem nightlife.

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Mississippi Blues Project: Cedric Burnside Project; Big George Brock
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Cedric Burnside
The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock, in concert at The Philadelphia Folk Festival

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments with KEITH JARRETT
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Keith Jarrett. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 15