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This year’s ACL festival lineup is out, and at least one major national music blog is calling it the best major festival of the year. We’ll explor...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.
It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Putting a spotlight on Willie Egan and the girl's "perfect song lyric" plus plenty of collector's music ("that you've never heard by musicians you'...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 08:50:42
Caption: Towns in the southern colonies had many residents who were slaves or free blacks., Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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MRI scans of beatboxers show that they’ve unwittingly borrowed sounds from exotic languages.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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There is a ton of new Blues tunes, this week, as well as our tribute to the late Ann Rabson.

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New Yo...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
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All of the songs this week are 2012 releases, with new music from Robert Cray and Tommy Castro. There's also news about Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy!

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's show is all-new with the world premiere of new tunes by Shemekia Copeland and The Rolling Stones!

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This is the place to hear tomorrow's Blues legends today, the home for new and independent Blues music - Full-Time Blues Radio. An all-new hour of ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
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No one does new and indie Blues music better than Full-Time Blues Radio. Johnny Full-Time is back with an all-new episode featuring the best tunes ...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
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It's an all new episode of Full-Time Blues Radio, and every song is all new, as we catch up on a huge backlog of new releases that recently flooded...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's FTB Radio features great music, news about 12 days of live Blues music, and a tribute to Les Paul!

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The art of songwriting was the focus of the Local Blend Coffee Shop's second annual Weekend of Songs songwriter festival. The three day festival o...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:50
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Saturday, August 18th was the first annual Grant Street Jazz festival in downtown Bloomington. The free event was organized by the group "Jazz from...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 08:34
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The growing field of music therapy found recent success in the treatment of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her therapists sang or played...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Producer - Amy Clark
Producer Amy Clark presents a musical train trip up Highway 61 in honor of Bob Dylan’s 71st birthday

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Mostafa Nowroozi Rezvani, Iran, (now living in Northern Ireland)

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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Mostafa Nowroozi Rezvani, Iran, (now living in Northern Ireland)

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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Herb Marshall, Mexico, (formerly Northern Ireland)

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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Herb Marshall, Mexico, (formerly Northern Ireland)

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:30

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
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  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:31

  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:31