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Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...
- Added: Jul 10, 2020
- Length: 02:25
How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KPSQ-LP, WCSU-FM and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:51
- Purchases: 17
Sister Rosetta Tharp electrified 1930s audiences with her singing and guitar playing. "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" influenced the music of Elvi...
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 20
In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 11
This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with
patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul
Robeson, ...
Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 38
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 33
"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 16:39
- Purchases: 4
A look at the Washington, DC roots of Duke Ellington and their impact on his development as a musician and composer.
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 08:41
Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone
Bought by KUCB
- Added: Feb 17, 2006
- Length: 07:59
- Purchases: 1
