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In this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us for two great hours of piano blues from New Orleans. From classic R&B party favorites to keyboard legen...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:16
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:24
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:53
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:44
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 09:55
Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 1
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we've culled through all the great Blues and Gospel recordings from the legendary LP set issued on the Folkways...
Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station and KHNS
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 31, 2011
- Length: 09:57
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we celebrate the independent spirit of the Lone Star State with two hours of Country Blues from some...
Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KHNS, and KTRL
- Added: Dec 23, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 06:57
Producer Dmae Roberts embarks on a one-hour exploration of what makes Portland, OR a creative haven for artists, performers, writers and media peop...
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 59:01
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us for Blues Masters Unplugged. We've taken some of our favorite artists – some of them synonymous with th...
Bought by WSLR
- Added: Dec 11, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 49:35
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC
- Added: Dec 04, 2011
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's some of our favorite Red Hot Rhythm Rockin' Blues and Sizzlin' R&B. From Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, an...
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on some of the great harp players that worked and recorded in the Windy City. From John Le...
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're having the Blues for Christmas! Come and celebrate with us as we journey through eight decades worth of H...
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 6
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Radio Remix, KUOW, and WAMC
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, a tribute to Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Although Sam cut a lot of great Blues in the early years of his opera...
- Added: Nov 12, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
Join a who's who of Texas Music, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Willie Nelson and many, many more in a 70th birthday celebration o...
Bought by KGLT
- Added: Oct 28, 2011
- Length: 53:47
- Purchases: 1
The Kakuma camp is home to refugees from many different countries and ethnic groups. Despite the trials she's faced, 19-year-old Sadia Happi faces ...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KWMR-FM, and KUOW
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 3
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 2
We pick up where we left off last time, with a look at some of the great Mississippi Blues Masters who worked and recorded during the 1930s and the...
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
