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Caption: Gloria Rhoden, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 24:17
Caption: Lady E, Credit: John MacLellan
Lady E lost just about everything that gave her life meaning and then she found something else inside her. Her voice.And now Lady E sings the blues...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:23
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Celebrating the life of Whitney Houston

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KUCB


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sugar Pie de Santo, Credit: Chess Records
SUGAR PIE DE SANTO is a singer, dancer, band leader and song writer who is responsible for the hit with Etta James "In The Basement". She has recor...

  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 55:15
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The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:24
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In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
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Historical look at the History of R&B Music.

Bought by KUCB, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
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The late jazz sax master Frank Morgan tells his remarkable story in material recorded in 2006.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 34:38
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Chuck Close and the Gee's Bend Quilters create works of art from tiny pieces

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1