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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
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Eric Arnold, Credit: Fantastic Negrito at the UC Theater in Berkeley, Ca
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Inside the World of Deja Rene Carr
From: Paolo Rosen
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Deje Rene Carr has basically reached the status of local music legend in Pioneer Valley. The catch, she's still in high school.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:57
WAR Stories: The Music of the Lowrider Band Pt. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Lowrider Band (Harold Brown & Howard Scott), Credit: http://www.lowriderband.com/
Howard Scott and Harold Brown, who now tour as THE LOW RIDER BAND are two original members of the band WAR. They both tell their story about their ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, and WVAS


  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the "Philly Sound" and the artists who put it on the map.

Bought by KCNP, KPSQ-LP, WSKG, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 57
Amazing Grace
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The story of "Amazing Grace"- a piece of music that has an extraordinary impact on American history.

Bought by WVIK, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WJAB, WLRH, WKMS and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 50:34
  • Purchases: 11
The Big Payback-A Tribute to James Brown
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Tribute to The Godfather of Soul!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Radio Catskill, WYSO, KFAI Minneapolis, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 25:25
  • Purchases: 6
The Harmony Harmoneers - Gospel, A Capella Style
From: Philip Graitcer
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Their music is bare bones gospel.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:27
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67