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Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #005 - The Emergence of Otis Redding (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour One of a lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, musi...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Delta Blues Museum!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Delta Blues Museum
Executive Director of the Delta Blues Museum Shelley Ritter keeps the blues alive and honors its history.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 1
More with Award Winning Poet Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
WoodSongs 912: The Legendary Shack Shakers and Donald Ryan & Barron Ryan
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Master musicians Donald and Barron on the same piano!
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes country fried rock and roll with The Legendary Shack Shakers plus dynamic...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KKRN, KRZA, GCR (Global Community Radio), KDLG and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 12
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates jazz great Sonny Rollins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: John Abbott
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.

Bought by KWMR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 17-37: Crossing The Bridge: The Return Of Sonny Rollins, 9/4/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about saxophonist Sonny Rollins' early-1960s return to the jazz scene after a self-imposed sabbatical.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Deelee Dube sings her musical heritage
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Deelee Dube
Vocalist Deelee Dube combines influences from South Africa, Britain and the US to sing a sultry tune or a funky blues.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
Joshua Redman - the influence of eastern music
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Joshua Redman
Saxophonist Joshua Redman explains how each type of sax creates a different musical mood.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:43
S3: Nique Love Rhodes #79
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Three: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Nique Love Rhodes
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
NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Portraits of Harlem
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Birth of Cool Songbook
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, exploring a collection of influential jazz material know as "The Birth of the Cool" recorded by a circle of mu...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
NL 17-27: Shorter Lee: Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter, 6/26/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at one of hardbop's greatest front lines: Trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxophonist Wayne Shorter were two of the leading lights of the 1960s har...

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
NL 17-23: Ready For Freddie Redd, 5/29/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A salute to hardbop pianist Freddie Redd, featuring recordings he made with artists such as Jackie McLean and Tina Brooks.

  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
NL 17-19: Postwar Prez: Lester Young 1945-1950, 5/1/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Jazz scholar and Lester Young box-set annotator Loren Schoenberg joins us as we look at the music the saxophonist made in the years following a dif...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
WoodSongs 878: Linkin' Bridge and Run Boy Run
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The powerful voices of Linkin' Bridge.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes singing group from the west end of Louisville, Kentucky and finalists on ...

Bought by KDLG, WETS, High Plains Public Radio, WLPR , WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Dee Dee Bridgewater on the weekly podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Credit: Mark Higashino
Singer and 2017 NEA Jazz Master continues to go her own way.

Bought by WILL, WNJR, WTJU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 4
Studio Z composer in Residence Davu Seru Performs with No Territory Band
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
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
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

Bought by WLRH, WKMS, WNSB, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WKMS, WNSB, WCMU Michigan, WXDU and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WNSB, WVAS, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Listen Up: Music & Politics (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: :30
Listen Up: Music & Politics (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

Bought by WLRH, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCNY, KWMR, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12