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Before she was "Aunt Viv"
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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Before Daphne Maxwell Reid appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, she was a number of "firsts," including the first African American homecoming q...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Michael Jackson
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:12
The First Ladies of Philadelphia The Three Degrees (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Three Degrees with Helen Scott, Credit: Cherry Red UK
The history of the musical group,the THREE DEGREES with special guest and long time member Helen Scott. Parts A, B and C are separate hours and can...

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 1
Spotlight: Miles Davis Vol. 1
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Miles Davis, Credit: Columbia Records
This is a one hour special history and music of Jazz legend "Miles Davis", hosted by Howard Burchette.

Bought by WNMU-FM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Mornin' Little School Girl
From: Thom Butler
Series: Blues Routes
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The Sonny Boy Williamson classic, Good Morning Little School Girl is one of the most recorded blues tunes in history, but it’s just one of more tha...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
From: Thom Butler
Series: Blues Routes
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In our third show we get to listen to a collection of wonderful treatments of one of the all time great sugar sticks of popular music, Louie Jordan...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 07:09
Music of Lebo M
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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African music for the stage and screen from the vocal arranger of The Lion King

Bought by KKRN and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM/FM-WLHV FM


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Part 1
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
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Interview with Roame, who is a founding member of MAZE featuring Frankie Beverly about the history of the group.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 56:20
AARON NEVILLE: BRING ON THE SOUL
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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New one-hour music intensive radio special features Aaron Neville performing classics songs by the all-time great R&B artists who have inspired Aar...

Bought by WSLR, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WHRV, Lower Cape Communications and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2006
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 7
Shirley Horn
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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Shirley Horn passed away Oct. 20; listen to this tribute to her music.

Bought by WEKU, KGOU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
McCoy Tyner
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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McCoy Tyner explains how he creates music for small groups, big bands and his Latin group

Bought by WEKU, Northstate Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
Dead Animal Man
From: Ira Glass
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Portrait of a guy who picks up dead animals for a living for the DC Dept of Sanitation.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRNC-LP, KXOT Public Radio, Third Coast International Audio Festival and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2003
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 10