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Coming Home
From: Whitney Henry-Lester
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Eleanor Warren talks about her song, "Coming Home."

Bought by WCSU-FM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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Sonny Rollins, John Litweiler, and Denardo Coleman tell the story of this groundbreaking 1959 album, selected for the National Recording Registry i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 4
Michael Jackson on Godliness
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"My singing… I’ll just say it simple as possible: it’s just godly." - Michael Jackson at 21. We uncovered a rare interview MJ gave in 1980 before h...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw #1435 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/31/14
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In the first portion we're Jumping for something, then checking out blues playing and composing of bassist Ray Brown. Vocalists continue from Jane...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1433 (Hour 1 & 2) - 7/17/2014
From: KRDP
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hear organist Jimmy Smith in mid-career, a little Brazilian and Latin, then the out and free of our music. Muted trumpets, a new vocalist closes on...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:57
Song Story S0.E7 - Gedeon Luke's "Gray" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:37
Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
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More than six billion people live on the planet, and yet relatively few human voices are recognizable to the naked ear. Irma Thomas has one of tho...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jimi Hendrix on The Experience
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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On September 11, 1970, Jimi Hendrix gave an interview to Keith Altham. A week later Hendrix was dead. This was his final interview. It's Hendrix on...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 7
Barry White on Making Love
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war" - Barry White. A lost interview with Joe Smith. April 3, 1987, Los Angeles. Reco...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 4
Fresh Talk UNCUT: Trenton Doyle Hancock
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Trenton Doyle Hancock, Devotion performance, Credit: Courtesy Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
In this unedited podcast, Cathy Byrd shares a conversation with artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, that she recorded in his Houston, Texas, studio.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
Ray Charles on Singing True
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I can’t be anything other than what I am…. If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine." - Ray...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, KVNF, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 5
Sarah Vaughan
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Sarah Vaughan
With her ability to banter with the audience and outspoken sense of humor Sarah Vaughn was best described as “sassy.” Her first big break came afte...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price
From: WQXR
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Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and v...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WUGA (part of GPB), WFMT Station Account, Troy Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1 - Hip-hop Artist One Be Lo talks Music, Youth, and Empowerment.
From: Noah Chandler
Series: Imagine 2050 Podcast
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Part 1 of an interview with indie- hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
Fresh Talk: Danny Simmons
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Danny Simmons
In his Brooklyn home, activist artist Danny Simmons talks to Cathy Byrd about the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, co...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:51
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for Week of Sept. 19, 2012
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:10:12
Centerstage Minnesota: Sam Miltich interviews Charmin Michelle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Charmin Michelle
Renowned jazz musician Sam Miltich interviews Charmin Michelle about her music. Host Maddi Frick also brings us a feature on Bradfest 2012 in Two H...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 2
MARLEY -- Ziggy Marley Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ziggy Marley, Half Moon Bay, CA 4/19/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ziggy Marley talks reggae, filmmaking, and overcoming fear.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:06
Moments with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with legendary drummer and NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR, WART FM and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jack DeJohnette - PART 1 of 2.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KMUW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 31:53
  • Purchases: 3
Encore Presentation of Broadway Star Lawrence Hamilton
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
Caption: Lawrence Hamilton
Broadway star Lawrence Hamilton tells his own true story of his childhood in racially-divided south Arkansas. These encore presentations of our Tin...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Morris Robinson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meet Morris Robinson, who was an All-American at The Citadel, started studying voice at the age of 30, and sings at the great opera houses througho...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 27:03