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Dr. Lonnie Smith Wove the Funk for Seven Decades
Singer Naomi Shelton Made New Yorkers — and Everyone Else — Feel the Love
15 Years of The Budos Band
CASSS MEMBER SPOTLIGHT PODCAST: Marta Germano: A Lifetime Preparing for this Moment -- A Scientist's Story
CASSS MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Podcast: David Cirelli: COVID-19 Collaboration -- Trust brings Success
A Black radio host calls on South Asian Americans to reject racism
CASSS: CMC Regulatory Series
Will Los Angeles schools serve English learners this year?
Mothers and babies lack basic needs in Greek refugee camps
Childhood Poverty: California's 'Moral Outrage'
Without Affordable Child Care, Escaping Poverty is Tough
An Olympic hopeful from Senegal hopes to inspire more black women to surf
CASSS: CMC Regulatory Series Interviews
How many babies are homeless? No one knows
With a New UC Campus and More Jobs, Merced Is Booming. But That Growth Isn’t for Everyone.
These asylum-seekers won their refugee cases in Greece. Some wish they hadn't.
CASSS: Knowledge Sharing Interviews
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Call on God" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They're only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.
Virtual schooling poses extra challenges for English-language learners
How motel vouchers are keeping homeless families off the streets
These kids are hoping to save Galapagos tortoises — and their own home — from climate change
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Mandrill, Beast from the East
The Cry of Jazz, featuring Sun Ra
As more Aboriginal children are removed from families, critics say government risks a second Stolen Generation
Dulce’s story
VMG -- FilmMotionGraphicsReel
La Lupe, Puro Teatro – A Lady And Her Music
Motel owners see altruism and opportunity in sheltering the homeless
Best Music Writing
Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands
AMY -- The Movie
Dr. Lonnie Smith -- "The Healer"
Best Buy -- SJDK
Melvin Bliss
Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.
Drought and fire-ravaged forests provide hands-on environmental learning
Daptone Records turns 10
Tearin' the roof off with George Clinton
CASSS: Knowledge Sharing
James Brown Apollo
wp anthology
Cover Story
Candela: The Lives of Cuban Women
Remembering The Soulful Voice Of Sharon Jones
To find success, soul singer Sharon Jones had to leave the US
Viva Cuba Y Senegal
Fania All Stars -- Grand Slam
Shaolin Funks
Is tourism harming the Galápagos Islands?
Booker T. Jones -- Soul Current
Bernie Worrell was the key to the P-Funk sound
With no-fishing zones, Mexican fishermen restored the marine ecosystem
Funky Drummers and Orchestral Masterminds
How life has changed for these Cuban women over 20 years
When the Bop Gun Jams
Al Green’s Lay It Down
Bill Rogers was here
R.L. Burnside: First Recordings
Walker Family sings
SJDK -- popmatters
Sharon Jones, soulful spirit
Masters of Groove
Jimmy Smith, RIP
Ronnie Foster, JOF 2016
Humans are damaging the fragile Galapagos ecosystem. Maybe coffee can help save it.
3 Titans -- Life of a Scholar
Charles Bradley -- No Time For Dreaming
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Freddie Roach -- Brown Sugar
Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers--The Hideout
VETERAN’S DAY -- War keyboardist Lonnie Jordan soldiers on
The Making of Budos III
Diana Ross: Diana [Deluxe Edition]
The latest victims of extreme weather: grapes and bananas
From Doo-Wop to Funkadelia
The Rock Steady Crew's 26th Anniversary Gala
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
Budos Origin of Man
Lee Fields & the Expressions
Michael Leonhart -- Jaipur
La Lupe Con el Diablo en el Cuerpo
Chester Thompson -- "Squib Cakes"
Motley Crue
The Funkmasters Featuring Fred Wesley and Johnny Griggs
Ubiquity Still Virgin After All These Years: An Interview with Roy Ayers
Cubans see opportunities and risks in post-Fidel era
Soundbreaking
sj metro
Pipe Dream
Patato
Mighty Hannibal -- the Strategist
Blue Note -- Crate Moments in History
Jimmy McGriff, part 2 -- Funk Gets Electric
Jimmy McGriff, part 1 -- A Man of Few Words
Ed Bland -- In Time
Marva Whitney -- True to Self
George Clinton: ReDiscovery
Camille Yarborough -- Iron Pot Cooker
Joan Armatrading: Love and Affection: Joan Armatrading Classics (1975-1983)
Fania All-Stars -- Kings of Salsa
Al Green -- Labor of Love
The Ron Carter Nonet: Eight Plus
Questlove
Pazant Brothers -- Low Country Brass Goes Uptown
The Organ Summit With Jimmy McGriff + Dr. Lonnie Smith + Joey DeFrancesco
I Learned the Hard Way
Como Mamas
Amen to the E-man
Daptone About Us
Steve Cropper
Naomi Shelton’s Everything Bagel
Ian Hendrickson Smith -- Blues in the Basement
A tribute to Sharon Jones
Syl Johnson -- Father of the Style
Como Now!
Aloe Blacc -- "I Need A Dollar"
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings -- "Answer Me"
Dr. Lonnie Smith Big Band performing “Bee Hive”
Dr. Lonnie Smith’s Yuga Adi trio performing “Jungle Soul”
The Sugarman Three & Co.: Pure Cane Sugar
Ocho--Numero Uno
Rokia Traore
Masterpiece Theater
Johnny Griggs -- Secret Ingredient
Sarah Jones
Toots & the Maytals
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada
Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On
The Budos Band -- Staten Island cabal has a stranglehold on dark funk
Bob & Gene
As California advocates look to expand pre-K, Denmark shows how universal preschool works
Gloria Coleman
Hammond Heroes -- documentary