Kathie Farnell is the recipient of a Gabriel Award and Gold and Bronze Worldmedals from the New York Festivals for her work as co-producer and project director on “Remembering Slavery”, the landmark 1998 public radio series which used rare archival recordings to tell stories about the daily lives of slaves in their own voices.

Recent radio projects include “Honky Tonks, Hymns and the Blues,” a series with Murray Street Productions and Pacific Vista Productions heard on NPR’s Morning Edition; “W.C. Handy’s Blues,” produced with Murray Street Productions and distributed by PRI for Black History Month 2007, and “Swingtime,” distributed by PRI for Black History Month 2008.

Swingtime

During the great Depression, black students fighting to keep their school doors open gave America some of its most beloved music, including Tuxedo Junction.

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W.C. Handy’s Blues

The Father of the Blues wrote one of the most enduring melodies of the twentieth century in St. Louis Blues. And it all started when he found himself broke and sleeping on the banks of the Mississippi.

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