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Courageous Endeavors CD Release Party

From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend

Caption: Courageous Endeavors, Credit: Bryan Belcher

It's the first Courageous Endeavors CD, and they're showcasing songs from the CD at the Ice House in Minneapolis, Friday night May 9 at 11 PM

Bought by KSRQ

Added: May 01, 2014
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 1

TSR14-07 Elephant Revival

From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio

Tent Show Radio best selling author Michael Perry discusses hoof trimmers and forgetfulness and welcomes Elephant Revival to the Big Top Stage.

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

Added: Feb 07, 2014
Length: 01:00:20
Purchases: 7

if music be the love of food?

From: PhilipDavid Ellwand

Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

Added: Jul 28, 2013
Length: 01:00:00

Sounds Familiar #3: The Loudness War

From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar

Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

Added: May 18, 2012
Length: 13:06

The Yodeler

From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices

Caption: brigid reedy plays her fiddle, Credit: clay scott

The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 21, 2011
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 3

The Sound of Colors

From: Ed Herrmann

What do colors sound like? Sound and light are both waves or vibrations, but light is vibrating much faster. The frequencies of the visible colors ...

Bought by KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 21, 2010
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 3

Ballroom Redux

From: Jenna Hammerich

Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...

Bought by KWIT

Added: May 19, 2008
Length: 21:27
Purchases: 1

Messiaen at 100: Apparition of the Eternal Church

From: Nathanael Johnson

Messiaen did something to make just about everyone angry - so why are there people left who love him?

Bought by KUT-HD and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Apr 14, 2008
Length: 06:08
Purchases: 2

Composers Who Peform

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

Host Sara Fishko considers composers who perform their own work.

Added: Jan 29, 2008
Length: 06:53

Cab Calloway Remembered

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB

Added: Jan 29, 2008
Length: 07:10
Purchases: 1

Moran on Monk

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

Pianist Jason Moran on Thelonious Monk

Bought by KVNF and KUT

Added: Jan 29, 2008
Length: 07:02
Purchases: 2

A Rockabilly Christmas

From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming

the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge

Added: Dec 10, 2007
Length: 04:49
Purchases: 2

WNYC's Fishko Files: Tap

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

Sara Fishko tells us how percussive dancing, or tap, has a special place in showbiz history.

Added: Aug 07, 2007
Length: 07:17

WNYC's Fishko Files: Recorded Live

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

Sara Fishko shares her thoughts on her own recent music-listening-habits.

Added: Aug 07, 2007
Length: 06:43

WNYC's Fishko Files: Russian Cultural Exchange

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

In an unlikely moment at the height of the Cold War, art and culture crossed seemingly impassable political barriers.

Added: Aug 07, 2007
Length: 07:17

WNYC's Fishko Files: Henry Butler

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files

Sara Fishko speaks with Henry Butler about his piano playing and his home town, New Orleans.

Bought by KVNF and KLCC

Added: Aug 07, 2007
Length: 07:05
Purchases: 2

The Diner

From: David Kates

David Kates spent a few hours at Los Angeles' Original Pantry Cafe to soak up the sights, sounds and smells.

Added: Jun 14, 2007
Length: 03:49

Stravinsky @ 1-2-5: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror

From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125

Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS

Added: Jun 07, 2007
Length: 01:00:25
Purchases: 1

#4: Toute Suite: Stravinsky, from the Ballet Theater to the Concert Hall

From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125

How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

Added: May 08, 2007
Length: 13:53

New Music Review: Lucinda Williams' "West"

From: KUT

music-rich review of Lucinda Williams' latest album "West", in stores 2/13/07

Added: Feb 07, 2007
Length: 07:51

Nick Drake's Fans

From: Jeffrey Dugan

Fans of an obscure musician unite online - and then in person.

Bought by WILL

Added: Feb 18, 2006
Length: 08:41
Purchases: 1

RN Documentary: Imagination is the Instrument of Compassion

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called ?post-9/11 fiction? one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer?s ?Ex...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.