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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
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
The Speed of Sound: Sylvan Esso
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, Sylvan Esso came about as a fluke as much as necessity. Both of their previous bands, Mountain Man and Megafaun,...

Bought by KSUT, KUCB, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 3
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
A Conversation with Musician, Daisy Castro
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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16 year-old Daisy Castro gets to the heart of gypsy jazz. [28:00]

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe became the first superstar of gospel music and was an early influence on Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and ...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
A Conversation with Hip-Hop music mover and shaker Vanessa Satten
From: Angela "Initiative Radio" McKenzie
Series: Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie
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Few would expect that the boss of the Hip-Hop music industry's best selling and most important magazine is a woman. Today, Angela McKenzie sits dow...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 24, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
She Grooves Radio Hour
From: Theresa Orlando
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A fine representation of the SHE GROOVES RADIO HOUR can be found within this show. Features ZAP MAMA, AMERICAN INDIAN MIX, INDE ARTISTS, AND BONNIE...

Bought by WMPG, KVNF, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 3