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This Week in Blues History #28 - October 7-13
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Henry Thomas, whose two dozen recordings for Vocalion, made in the late 1920s, hark back to a time before the blues.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #27 - September 30-October 6
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #26 - September 23-29
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile harmonica ace Junior Wells — who was in the studio laying down some classic tracks for Delmark Records, this week in 1965.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #25 - September 16-22
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #24 - September 9-15
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Little Richard and Specialty Records owner Art Rupe, who, at first anyway, wasn’t too impressed by Little Richard.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #23 - September 2-8
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #22 - August 26-September 1
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
Caption: Our distinctive logo comes from a rare poster for the 1977 Beale Street Music Festival.
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #21 - August 19-25
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile blues piano mystery man, Black Bob — who was in the studio this week with Memphis Minnie, in 1935.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #20 - August 12-18
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #19 - August 5-11
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Chris Strachwitz and Mance Lipscomb, whose paths crossed in Navasota, Texas, this week in August 1960.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #18 - July 29-August 4
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Magic Sam, who appeared this week in 1969 at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #17 - July 22-28
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Skip James, whose re-emergence at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival marked the advent of a new chapter in his career.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #16 - July 15-21
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we take a look at the American Record Corporation's 1939 field trip to Memphis. For the Bluff City, it marked the end of an era.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #15 - July 8-14
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile guitarist Blue Smitty, who cut his only session for Chess Records, this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #14 - July 1-7
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Muddy Waters, who made an historic appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, this week in 1960.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #11 - June 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
HIS BLUE HEAVEN: A FATS DOMINO APPRECIATION
From: Paul Ingles
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FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentari...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, WHRV, KUNM, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
Hour 35: Big Bands of the 1950s
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Tenorist Paul Gonzalvez electrified the crowd with 27 blues choruses on "Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue" with Duke Ellington at Newport 1...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, WCNY, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
Hour 28: The Genius of Modern Music - Thelonious Monk on Blue Note
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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In 1940, Minton's Playhouse on West 118th Street hired drummer Kenny Clarke as a bandleader. For the house band, Clarke hired trumpeter Joe Guy, ba...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
The Doors - The Singles: All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
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Interview with all four members of the Doors: The Late Jim Morrison & Ray Manzarek as well as surviving members Robbie Krieger & John Densmore talk...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Prairie Public, KGLT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
Hour 27: Un Poco Loco - The Intensity of Bud Powell
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Mentored by Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell became the first great piano innovator of bebop. “It would be hard to overstate Powell’s impact. His ingeni...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, WCNY, KMUN, KRPS and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 20
Hour 26: That Dizzy Cat - Dizzy Gillespie
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Dizzy Gillespie grew up professionally playing in the big bands of Teddy Hill, Cab Calloway, Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine and writing for Woody He...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, RadioStPete Florida, WCNY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Hour 22: Bebop Big Bands - Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Woody Herman, Claude Thornhill
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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Although Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Woody Herman soldiered on, mostly keeping bands on the road into the 1970s (Ellington) and 1980s (Basie an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, RadioStPete Florida, WCNY, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 21
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3