Black singers — Biography.

  • Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware.

    African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life in America, and her experiences in the music industry. An easy going interview held just before the closing of New York’s Fillmore East. She talks about Black musicians in America, her childhood, being a woman in the performing world, her metaphysical view…

  • Paul Robeson : all American / Dorothy Gilliam ; interviewed by Grace Cavalieri.

    On the book and the man who inspired it.|PAUL ROBESON : ALL AMERICAN / Dorothy Gilliam| interviewed by Grace Cavalieri| produced by Barry Parker. – SERIES: Expressions – Dorothy Gilliam talks about Paul Robeson as a superior being, the way he fought for human rights, the women in his life, and the way he worked…

  • Paul Robeson : songs for labor / produced by Howard Feldman.

    Documentary on and songs from the career of the Black singer.|PAUL ROBESON: SONGS FOR LABOR / produced by Howard Feldman. – A documentary on and songs from the career of the Black singer, Paul Robeson. Also, included is a documentary of the Peekskill Riot, 1949. BROADCAST: KPFK, 19 February 1974.

  • Lady day is dead / Gene Marine.

    Retrospective biography of the Black jazz singer, Billie Holliday.|LADY DAY IS DEAD / Gene Marine. – Retrospective biography of the Black jazz singer, Billie Holliday. – BROADCAST: KPFK, 17 July 1969.