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This Week in Blues History #21 - August 19-25

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile blues piano mystery man, Black Bob — who was in the studio this week with Memphis Minnie, in 1935.

Added: Apr 02, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #20 - August 12-18

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.

Added: Mar 31, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #19 - August 5-11

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Chris Strachwitz and Mance Lipscomb, whose paths crossed in Navasota, Texas, this week in August 1960.

Added: Mar 30, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #18 - July 29-August 4

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Magic Sam, who appeared this week in 1969 at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

Added: Mar 29, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #17 - July 22-28

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Skip James, whose re-emergence at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival marked the advent of a new chapter in his career.

Added: Mar 28, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #16 - July 15-21

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we take a look at the American Record Corporation's 1939 field trip to Memphis. For the Bluff City, it marked the end of an era.

Added: Mar 26, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #15 - July 8-14

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile guitarist Blue Smitty, who cut his only session for Chess Records, this week in 1952.

Added: Mar 25, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #14 - July 1-7

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Muddy Waters, who made an historic appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, this week in 1960.

Added: Mar 23, 2018
Length: 03:29

This Week in Blues History #11 - June 10-16

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History

This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.

Added: Mar 20, 2018
Length: 03:29

NL 18-08: Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz, 2/19/2018

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the messag...

Added: Feb 16, 2018
Length: 58:57

Fats Domino

From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out

The Founding Father of Rock and Roll

Bought by KCSM and KAZU Seaside, Calif.

Added: Oct 26, 2017
Length: 52:00
Purchases: 2

NL 17-37: Crossing The Bridge: The Return Of Sonny Rollins, 9/4/2017

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

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

NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

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

Folk Salad for airing 6-18-17

From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music

This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...

Added: Jun 30, 2017
Length: 58:58

Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

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

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

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

Hour 3: New Orleans Diaspora - Jelly Roll Morton & Sidney Bechet

From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100

In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT and more

Added: Mar 10, 2017
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 24

Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK

Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.

Added: Mar 02, 2016
Length: 28:29
Purchases: 4

Black Music Month Radio Special (Hour 1)

From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show

It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and WJSU

Added: Jun 17, 2015
Length: 59:02
Purchases: 2

B.B.'s Blues: A B.B. King Appreciation (Two Hour Version w/ optional newscast friendly cut)

From: Paul Ingles

A music intensive two-hour program of B.B. King performances that celebrate his long-standing role as the unassailable "King of The Blues." Paul I...

Bought by WHRV, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KWIT and more

Added: May 08, 2015
Length: 01:57:42
Purchases: 16

Historian Ray Arsenault explores the legacy of Marian Anderson

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: marian-anderson-the-lincoln-memorial-concert-1939, Credit: courtesy of national film preservation foundation

Raymond Arsenault's book The Sound of Freedom examines the 30 minute concert that helped move a nation forward.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR

Added: Feb 27, 2015
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 3

Drums in the Distance by Joshua Sirotiak

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

Caption: Opening Second Line, Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons

Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...

Bought by WFHB and KALW