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RPM Podcast #006: “Six Nations”
From: Lynn Booth
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations.

  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”
From: Lynn Booth
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the s...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 1
Vocalese: The Sound of the Jive Jazz Poets
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Cabin Fever Reliever Bluegrass Draw Band documentary by Dave Lathrop
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Centerstage MN
Caption: Bluegrass Draw Band, Credit: Dave Lathrop
Producer Dave Lathrop documents the "draw band" process at the Cabin Fever Reliever Bluegrass gathering in Duluth. Dave follows one of the draw ban...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Jaspar Lepak interview, Charlie Parr documentary
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Centerstage MN
Caption: Charlie Parr
Jaspar Lepak joins Travis Ryder from the studios of Radio K to talk about her music. And Duluth based Charlie Parr is the subject of a highly textu...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 2
Chet Baker
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz trumpeter/vocalist double threat Chet Baker.
Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, KPVL, Interlochen Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 7
Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Serenade To A Bus Seat, Credit: 2007 Concord Music Group, Inc.
"Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement" is an important one hour program that features Jazz music as the background with comments concerning the Civil R...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 49:56
  • Purchases: 1
Jim and Martha - 56 years and karaoke
From: Sara Paul
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Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from the...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz and Spirituality
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Roger Lewis at a jazz funeral in 2010., Credit: Kim Welsh
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orle...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNCU, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, WCMU Public Radio, and WEMU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Signing Off
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Signing Off - Album Artwork
UB40 went on to become one of the world's biggest reggae acts - but their debut album "Signing Off" still stands as one of their most influential r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 49:05
Cool Jazz
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Cool Jazz icon Chet Baker.
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we're keeping it cool with an hour of stories and sounds from the West Coast musical revolution that was "Cool J...

Bought by WEMU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNCU, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 2 (Cubie Burke): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
In Search of a Song: Chip Taylor, Part 1
From: ISOAS Media
Series: In Search of a Song with Jason Wilber
Caption: Chip Taylor
Musician/Host Jason Wilber interviews singer/songwriter Chip Taylor about his life and music. Among over 500 published songs, Chip is credited with...

Bought by WNKU and WNKU


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
In Search of a Song: "Big Kenny" Alphin
From: ISOAS Media
Series: In Search of a Song with Jason Wilber
Caption: Big Kenny Alphin
Musician/Host Jason Wilber interviews singer/songwriter Big Kenny Aphin about his life and music. This interview took place at Big Kenny's home in ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 59:56
Music Behind A Locked Door
From: Todd Cross
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in Syracuse, New York works with troubled youth - yet it isn't a "lock em up, throw away the key" kind of place...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Janis Joplin
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Texas Music Matters revisits an award-winning documentary honoring "The Queen of Rock and Roll and Psychedelic Soul" Janis Joplin. Join Kris Kristo...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 2
A Taste of Sugar: The Sugar Pie de Santo Story (Part #2)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
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
JazzStories: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

Bought by WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, and KFOK-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 4
Pearl Jam: The Ten Code (Vs & Vitalogy)
From: Joyride Media
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A look inside Pearl Jam's 1993-94 albums, Vs. & Vitalogy as told by the band, fans and close friends. Includes interviews with members Eddie Vedde...

Bought by KFOK-LP, WNIN, KVLU, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Genius of Charles Mingus!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was a Jazz musician, composer, and band leader. He recorded over one hundred albums and wrote over three hundred scores. Some of the...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Afro Cuban Messenger: Mongo Santamaria
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Mongo Santamaria
Mongo Santamaria was best known for "Watermelon Man" and "Afro Blue". He was a percussionist and Cuban. He will most likely be remembered as the be...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 1
Colored Musicians Club
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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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
Gail & Emile
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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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 Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Josh White: The Music The Man (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Josh White Jr. , Credit: Silverwolf
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:27
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 1 (Part A): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Five Stairsteps & Cubie (1969)
PART A (1st hour) of Volume #1 of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr. and...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:04