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EP227 Angela Strehli
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This artist has been instrumental in keeping the blues alive for over 6 decades

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
EP226 Laurie Morvan
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An electrical engineer, a pilot and college math professor- oh, and a professional musician. Meet Laurie Morvan

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 1
EP194 Hurricane Ruth
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Hurricane Ruth's LIVE album from 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, Tennesee.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Songbirds
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ma Rainey
Featuring those pioneering women of the 1920s who put voice to jazz, from Ma Rainey to Mae West.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 34: Lost and Found
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
A More Perfect Union: A Musical Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 2-Hour version
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent a lifetime championing her two passions: equal rights and classical music, often referencing the si...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KWAX, Hawaii Public Radio, WWFM, WKNO and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 23
EP165 Debbie Davies
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A long overdue tribute to a great musician and contributor to the world of Blues Music, Debbie Davies.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:28
Ann Savoy: The Américaine
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Ann Savoy
Ann Savoy is a lot of things: a musician, scholar, mother, and world traveler. She took the scenic route from Virginia to South Louisiana in the m...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
EP12 Tribute to Candye Kane
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:23
Women in Jazz: Women's History Month Special
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong
This is a tribute to a few of the more influential women who were instrumental in the formation of early jazz.

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WVTF, WNMU-FM, WGTE Public Media, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Meet the brilliant and pioneering soprano Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Martina Arroyo, Credit: Marty Umans
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Art Works presents a 2010 interview with the great Martina Arroyo. We salute Martina Arroyo for her brilliant v...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Belles of Broadway: A Women's History Month Special
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jane Green
This is a sampling of the women who performed on Broadway and recorded studio sessions in the 1920s.

Bought by WJCT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, WGTE Public Media, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Ronnie Gilbert: A Memorial Tribute with Holly Near
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Ronnie Gilbert memorial, with excepts from her 1996 visit to Radio Curious, and remembrances by Holly Near

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:04
That's All
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Belles of the Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Alberta Hunter
The four blues vocalists in this hour are not well known. That certainly doesn’t mean they aren’t worthy of praise and recognition: Alberta Hunter...

Bought by KMUW, KBBI Alaska, WMMT, WJSU, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
Wild About Harry
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: "42nd Street" by Warren
Composer Harry Warren is best remembered for the music he wrote for Judy Garland, and the musicals, 42nd Street and The Gold Diggers, however, long...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Toshiko Akiyoshi
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Credit: Amanda Brown
"The fact is my parents lost all of their assets. If I didn't have something (I was) really into, in my case was piano and jazz, I think it would h...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
All Mixed Up: Judy Collins
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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All Mixed Up (The Sesame Street Chinese Debate ) continues with a conversation with Judy Collins on her book "Suite:Judy Blue Eyes"

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:41
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Sweet Honey In The Rock
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“Their music affects your consciousness, it changes your DNA if you really, really let it settle into your soul; Odetta’s voice, Miriam’s energy an...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:33
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 6
The Music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe
From: Matthew Ray
Series: Connecting the notes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Connecting the notes is a series of hour long episodes that take a biographical approach to listening to a single musician or group each show. From...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVNF, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Best of Joan Osborne
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Hour of Music and Interviews with Joan Osborne, recorded live at the 2002 and 2005 at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WGDR, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
An Evening with Gillian Welsh
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An Evening of music with Female Folk Icon Gillian Welsh, recorded live at the 2004 Four Corners Folk Festival in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

Bought by Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
An Evening with Koko Taylor
From: Southwest Stages
Series: Southwest Stages
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An hour of Music & Interviews with Koko Taylor, recorded live at the 2003 KBAC Summer Blast Music Festival in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KMUW, North State Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3