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Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1318: 2013 Blues Music Awards
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the winners at the 2013 Blues Music Awards by playing their music and giving you the full rundown of winners in ever category! Everyon...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
You’ll Be Mine: Bringing Musical Tourism To West Memphis
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1317
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Full-Time Blues Radio returns to the best in New & Independent Blues Music, this week, with a huge selection of brand new arrivals! In addition the...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Kid
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A secret meeting threatens to derail Jackie Robinson's ascent to the majors.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KWMR-FM, KKRN, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 8
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1316 - Willie's Blues
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of Willie Nelson by exploring his Blues roots, with music by Willie himself, his Blues brethren, and Blues covers of...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Hawk: 40-years with Coleman Hawkins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Considered the first great tenor saxophonist in jazz, Coleman Hawkins was a child he was a gifted musician. In 1922, Mamie Smith spotted him in and...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Herman and Sidney Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and Sidney Blake
Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1315
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's show is stacked from front to back with the best Blues music on Earth! We also pay tribute to the memory of Jimmy Dawkins.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 122: Tin Roof Project #30 featuring Simeon Wright
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Simeon Wright
This month's Tin Roof Project features Simeon Wright, author of Simeon Speaks, the first eyewitness account of the kidnapping and murder of his cou...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 42:00
How Richie Havens Started Woodstock (5:20)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Richie Havens
Folk singing legend Richie Havens died Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack. In this excerpt from the documentary Ba...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Harlem in Montmartre
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory producer Chioke I’Anson tells the story of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot in World War I – only he flew for Fra...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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 ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 21: Leesa Dean/Chilltown, Adrien De Martini - The Bobby Pickles Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: The Bobby Pickles Podcast
Caption: LOGO, Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1313
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week, Full-Time Blues Radio features another amazing hour of music, news and information, as well as the debut of a highly anticipated release...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
GIMME THE LOOT -- Adam Leon Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1312
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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The Home for New & Independent Blues Music opens its doors again, bringing you an hour of the best music and news from the world of the Blues. This...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of Early America
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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
StoryCorps: Reginald Mason
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
A Blues Unlimited Special: In Their Own Words - A Conversation with the Blues
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1311
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Johnny Full-Time returns to the business of putting together an hour of the best New & Independent Blues Music. There's also a tribute to Magic Sli...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Innocence (Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Robin Bernstein
Professor Robin Bernstein: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
Full-Time Blues Radio ep 1310 - Kelly Richey Interview
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Johnny Full-Time sits down for conversation with Kelly Richey about her new CD, her new band, and much more. There's also music from the new album,...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Gail Myers Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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“Rhythms of the Land!” is a documentary-in-progress which tells the important stories of African American farmers. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Full-Time Blues Radio 1309 - Blues Hall of Fame
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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On this special episode we will hear music from all of the artists, albums and singles in the 2013 class of the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame!

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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