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Tradition Bearers | “Barbara Allen”, Leadbelly, Joan Baez, Tony Rice & Colter Wall

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 59 min

This episode pays homage to tradition bearers in blues, folk and country music, sharing the stories of the traditional ballad "Barbara Allen", Lead...

Billie Holiday + Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 59 min

Lacking any formal training, Billie Holiday is considered among the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, with one of the most tumultuous lives of a...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.

"Man of Constant Sorrow"

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts

Thought to be rooted in the early hymns brought to America, this old-time folk song has shined brightly in the spotlight of the roots music communi...

Son House (Part 2)

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts

Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...

Son House (Part 1)

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts

Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...

Doc Watson (Part 3)

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts

North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...

Doc Watson (Part 1)

From: Nicholas Williams
Series: American Songcatcher | 8 Minute Shorts

North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...

It's All Happening - Money (IAH 017)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #17 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Bought by KMXT and WSLR

It's All Happening - War/Ukraine (IAH 006)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #6 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live ...

Bought by KMXT

Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/15/23)

From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch

On this week's episode, we are spinning the new single from Queens of the Stone Age, Ocean Alley, and Bombino - plus we chat with Anchorage artist ...

Bought by KMXT, KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK and more

Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/1/23)

From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch

New collaborations from Thundercat x Tame Impala & The National x Taylor Swift plus checking out music out of FBX this week and chatting with FBX m...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, and Raven Radio

Transgender Experience: Musician, educator sings and talks about transition

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Hear and learn about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ top...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KTSW 89.9 and more

Episode #30 - "The Phantom of the Mine"

From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show

Caption: John Latini on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Chelsea Batten

Celebrate Halloween with the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: Dave Lorenz of Pure Michigan and singer-songwriter John Latini. Discover...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass

220604 Texas Musicians, The Mysterious Walter Spriggs, and Wildcat Records of Sweden

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)

Caption: Monte Easter in Los Angeles 1990

It's always an audio history of the first rock and roll records focusing on the pioneers instead of the tired old "hits." It's perfect for public ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, KFCF FM, and KPRG

220226 FM Radio Challenges AM Radio's Orthodoxy

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)

Caption: Norman Thrasher of the Royal Serenaders Cuts Loose

We feature the very first rock and roll songs but only those you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because by removing the overwhel...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, and WQCS

004 David Plaut - NFL Films Music (1976-2018)

From: Tim Ayres
Series: Off The Beaten Soundtrack

A conversation with former NFL Films producer David Plaut about his history there from 1976 to 2018.

220101 First Rock and Roll Song (and Audio Pizza!)

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song (Manual Downloads)

These are songs you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of so this is not a "hits" or "oldies" presentation. It's purposely not the ...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, and KPRG

Quick Study from the National Endowment for the Arts--Music and the pandemic

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study

A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts

2020 National Puppetry Conference with Ronnie Burkett – Under The Puppet #46

From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet

Caption: Ronnie Burkett, Credit: Ronnie Burkett

I talk to master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who is teaching a Master Class at the 2020 National Puppetry Conference, about his thoughts on the Confe...