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Billie Holiday
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
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Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WOUB, KZYX, WCMU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Love, Lust & Longing in the Ancient World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Vicki Leon
Author Vicki Leon takes us for a ride through the ages of aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs, contraception, nymphomania, bisexuality, cross-dressi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
Chet Baker
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Trumpeter/vocalist 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 WRGY, KDRP Community Radio, WCMU Public Radio, WNJR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Jazz's Great Comeback Stories
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Guitarist Pat Martino survived a brain aneurysm to become one of the most soulful voices of jazz guitar.
It may be hard to imagine, but in the 1950's, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." This week we explore the real-life legend of Duke'...

Bought by WRGY, KMUN, WNJR, WCMU Public Radio, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
John Coltrane
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by WRGY, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, KZYX, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Jazz On The Radio
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: "Piano Jazz" host Marian McPartland with Mary Lou Williams back in 1953.
This week on the show, we'll explore the long and storied history of jazz on the radio—from the early crystal set pioneers to the jazz radio host w...

Bought by WRGY, WJSU, KSRQ, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Jazz and Film
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KSRQ, WCSU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Jazz and Country
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Saxman Sonny Rollins goin' "Way Out West" in 1957.
This week The New Jazz Archive goes in search of those rare moments when the paths of jazz and country crossed for some of the most fascinating fus...

Bought by WRGY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Midwiving Death
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mainers take matters of death into their own hands.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KRUA, Public Radio Remix, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 4
Piece of My Heart: The Story of Janis Joplin
From: KUT
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Winner of the Grand Trophy 2011, International Radio Festivals! An intimate reconsideration of Janis' journey from a tiny Texas refinery town to t...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WFAE, KUHF, KCSM, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 13
54 Years
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:46
The 'Discovery' of North America
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Pamlico Village, Credit: Library of Congress
Two Native American scholars explore how the Europeans' "Doctrine of Discovery" has affected American Indian nations from 1607 to today.

Bought by KGNU, WRNC-LP, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Flory Jagoda
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Flory Jagoda (right) teaches Ladino songs., Credit: Morgan Miller
"Don't open your mouth. Just sit and play. Keep on playing."

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Same Song, Same Chair: Fifty Years Later
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
Caption: Spencer Moore, Credit: Jon Lohman
A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart.

Bought by WTIP and WAMU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Women at War
From: With Good Reason
Caption: On Their Own, Credit: Joyce Hoffman
Covering a beat, or a family: two different perspectives on women at war

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Camalot Cages
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Fox and Ducks, Credit: Muriel Murch
Young foxes need to leave the farm. An old fox leaves the Senate floor

  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 08:13
ONE MORE TOKE / BREWER & SHIPLEY
From: Kevin Gallagher
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The Words and Music of Brewer and Shipley

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 35:26
Ten Cents a Dance
From: With Good Reason
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry was working overtime. Listen to some of the gems and the stories behind them.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KFAI, and WRPI


  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Austin City Limits: Into the Archives
From: KUT
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From Coldplay and My Morning Jacket to Lyle Lovett and Johnny Cash--its an hour of classic performances and the untold histories behind them.

Bought by KHNS, WCPN, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 6
Wayne C. Henderson: How Guitar Making Saved His Life
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wayne C. Henderson, Credit: http://www.waynehenderson.org/
In this edition, we travel to the homeland of American bluegrass to visit the workshop of guitar builder Wayne C. Henderson. His instruments are co...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wellington, Texas
From: Katherine Louise Wells
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A small, rural town's struggle to save its historic movie theater, The Ritz.

  • Added: May 28, 2008
  • Length: 36:31
Jazz Ambassadors
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on US Jazz Ambassadors of the 1950s

Bought by WNCU, KOSU, WKMS, 90.5 WSNC, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Maxwell Street by Adam Gottlieb
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Adam says this piece is a poem for his Grandma - it's a beautiful reflection on a Chicago landmark. Adam Gottl...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:13
The Great Alaska Earthquake: A Survivor's Tale
From: Rebecca Sheir
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On March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever to strike North America sparked tsunamis that destroyed a village. Paul Timothy Selanoff lived to te...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1