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What Ever Happened to the Buena Vista Social Club?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The "Buena Vista Social Club" CD and documentary film were hits, but may have created some myths about Cuba and the musicians themselves. Independe...

Bought by KQED, KRZA, WGBH Radio Boston, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: Mel Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Mel Brown - a remembrance

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Remembrance of Lester "Mad Dog" davenport who died 3-17-2009

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, WEFT and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 6
The List: A Guide to SXSW Music 2009
From: KUT
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For one week each year, Austin, Texas becomes the center of the music universe. In this music-rich one-hour special, some of public radio's savvie...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KLCC, WXPN, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Blues File: John Cephas, a remembrance
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Bluesman John Cephas died recently. he was one of the world's best-known country blues players.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Guy Davis "Sweetheart Like You"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Review of Guy Davis's album "Sweetheart Like You" with interview segments

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jan 28, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Saffire's Final Album
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Saffire The Uppity Blues Women have decided to bring their band's career to a conclusion. Their new, and final, album is "Havin' The Last Word."

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, and WEFT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Blues & Beyond #127: Rollin' & Tumblin' keeps rollin' (and tumblin') after four decades - and Dave Holland's Sextet offers a fine new album
From: Jonny Meister
Caption: The original 78 rpm record, Credit: Okeh Records, 1929
Two new versions of "Rollin' and Tumblin'" in 2008 lead us to the first two versions in 1929 and 1930, with some themes and variations along the wa...

Bought by KMXT, WMHT, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 4
The Kickradio Show -- Episode 24, Segment 3
From: The Kickradio Show
Series: The Kickradio Show -- Episode 24
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The Kickradio Show -- Episode 24, Segment 3. New Music Debuts

  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 23:06
Blues File: John Lee Hooker, Jr. "All Odds Against Me"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Review of John Lee Hooker Jr.'s new album "All Odds Against Me" an angsty, emotional, witty outing that may just be 2008's finest blues release.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Blues File: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials "Full Tilt"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials have a new album out called "Full Tilt." It's the seventh album from this dynamic slide-guitarist and his band. This ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, KTRL, and WEFT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: B. B. King "One Kind Favor"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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review of B. B. King's new album "One Kind Favor"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, KTRL and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Byther Smith "Blues On The Moon"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Byther Smith's new album "Blues On The Moon" is reviewed. Smitty's music comes unfiltered, often politically incorrect, but direct from the soul.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, KTRL and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Super Chikan "Sum' Mo' Chikan"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Mississippi bluesman Super Chikan offers more of his unique blues on the album "Sum' Mo' Chikan"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
The R&B Chronicles - The Stylistics
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 3
The R&B Chronicles - The Commodores
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KRZA, WSGE, KUCB, WFSU, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:48
  • Purchases: 6
The R&B Chronicles - Lou Rawls
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WDCB, KUCB, WFSU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 6
The R&B Chronicles - Smokey Robinson
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KPIK-LP, KRZA, KUCB, KUCB, WFSU and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 8
The R&B Chronicles Booker T & the MG's & Jr. Walker & the All Stars
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WDCB, KUCB, NPR Illinois, WFSU, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 6
The R&B Chronicles - Anita Baker
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WCSU-FM, KUCB, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 5
The R&B Chronicles - Parliment Funkadelics
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by Radio Catskill, WDCB, KUCB, WFSU, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 6
The R&B Chronicles - MAZE
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WCSU-FM, WSGE, KUCB, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2008
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 6
Blues File: Buddy Guy "Skin Deep"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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Review of Buddy Guy album "Skin Deep"

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 8
The R&B Chronicles - The Spinners
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUCB, WSGE, WFSU, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2008
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 6
Listening Live
From: NYCity News Service
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The city's rising cost of real estate and gentrification have forced some well-known music clubs to go silent. While venues come and go, bands are ...

  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 20:00