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Overtone Singing
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
Words Get in the Way (Shortcut version)
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
The 2017 Musician Memorial Hour
From: Paul Ingles
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Some of the prominent popular musicians who passed away in 2017 are celebrated in a one-hour special hosted by public radio music historian Paul In...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
The Untold Story of the University Program Board's Fall 2017 Open Mic
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this mostly musical piece, we settle down into the audience of nearly 200 supportive students and staff at the University Program Board's Fall 2...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
TSR11-12 Greg Brown
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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After more than 20 albums (including Live from the Big Top) and more than three decades of performing, this co-founder of the influential indie roo...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, WTIP, WRNC-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 10
TSR16-08 Blue Canvas Orchestra with Nattli Rize & Notis
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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The Blue Canvas Orchestra and special guests open up the show in the first half followed by Jamaican and Australian musical group Nattali Rize & Notis

Bought by KSRQ, KMXT, KALH, KSJE, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 12
TSR15-20 Barefoot Movement
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Heartfelt, energetic, and down home. Heralded by CMT Edge as "one of the most promising bands on the bluegrass scene," the music of the Nashville b...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMSU, WRNC-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
TSR15-15 BCO & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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This weeks episode features friends from New Orleans ~ Preservation Hall Jazz Band with an opening set by our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMSU, KALH, KPIP-LP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
TSR15-12 Corey Carlson
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio is pleased to welcome back to the Big Top stage Bayfield’s very own blues, folk, rock musician Corey Carlson and his Big City Band....

Bought by KALH, KMSU, KSRQ, WDSE, WUMB and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
TSR15-10 Kenny Wayne Shepherd
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
This past summer we were thrilled to see bluesy guitar man Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his electrifying band as they tore up the tent! Shepherd was b...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
TSR15-03 Cory Chisel
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
With strong roots in the Midwest, former Appleton, WI native via Babbitt, MN ~ now hailing from Nashville, TN ~ we are pleased to welcome songwrite...

Bought by KALH, KMSU, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
1970s Black Rock, or the Ties that Bind
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: a band called death
Recently at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, Ayana Contreras caught a documentary about Death, a 1970s all-black proto-punk band out of Detroit. The do...

Bought by WFHB and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
TSR14-26 Live From Appleton
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio on the road live from the beautiful Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin with host Michael Perry, the Blue Canv...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
TSR14-22 Della Mae
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio welcomes from Nashville, Tennessee, Grammy Award bluegrass Nominees Della Mae.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
TSR14-21 20th Anniversary Show
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
A selection of songs performed by some of our favorite artists up at the tent including Brandi Carlile, The Pines, Punch Brothers, Cloud Cult, Taj ...

Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WRNC-LP, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
TSR14-12 Live from Reedsburg
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio live in concert from the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Featuring Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchest...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 5
Sounds Familiar #3: The Loudness War
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 13:06
Whitney
From: Whitney Jones
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An essay about growing up in the 80's and 90's as a male named Whitney and as a result the effect that Whitney Houston has had on my life.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
Igor's Halloween Jazz Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Philly Joe Jones - Blues for Dracula , Credit: Fantasy Records
Hey! It's Halloween, it's Jazz and it's a party! Join Igor as he presents Halloween Jazz classics from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Lambert Hendrick...

Bought by KHNS, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 12
Commentator Maddi Frick on Concerts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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In case you've ever wondered where you need to stand at a concert.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 08:09
Commentator Aaron Brown on Concerts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Aaron's thoughts on concerts. Check out more in Aaron's blog www.minnesotabrown.com.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Last Word on Concerts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael Goldberg and his thoughts on concerts.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:54
The Music of Roland Sebastian Faber
From: Iain Wilson
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Profiles the work of electronic artist Roland Sebastian Faber, with music from his latest release 'Gropiusstadt'.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:20
Your Local Music Spot - An Anachronism?
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Philosophical view of music scene, with a bit of history & a peak at a local jazz club

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1