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Earth, Wind & Fire
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music imbued with Earth, wind, and fire, in actuality or metaphorically.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:19
Descending to Alphorns
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about a group of Alphorn players in the Sierra Nevada.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
¿Quien Eres? (Who Are You?)
From: Arlene Arevalo
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Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:43
Take This Waltz
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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The waltz figures prominently in these pieces about the human experience.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:04
A Desert Christmas
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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From a skeletal homesteader cabin on a cold Mojave night, it's the annual Desert Oracle Christmas Special. New Mexico writer Anna Merlin joins us t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
After Rachmaninoff
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Music serves as a poignant metaphor in this set of poetry.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:57
  • Purchases: 1
Music When Soft Voices Die
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry inspired by music and musicians.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
Pessoa & Cavafy
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Excerpts from Rachel Cohen's essay "Lost Cities" and segments of poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy examine the allure of one's home ...

  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:20
Spirit (EDITED 2023)
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music that explores the spiritual dimensions of being alive.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:46
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
RPM Podcast #014: “Mesoamerica”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In the 14th episode of the RPM Podcast, host Ostwelve speaks with two musical architects of the Mexican Indigenous revival - Yaotl of Aztlan Underg...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KDNK


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #013: “Motherhood”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In Episode 13, RPM looks at Indigenous motherhood and music.

Bought by KZYX and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #011: “Music is the Medicine”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our 11th episode, we talk with one of the hardest working musicians on Turtle Island – Mohawk blues-rocker Derek Miller.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:40
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #010: “Electric Pow Wow”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island have been dancing and drumming for generations but, in the 21st century, that rhythmic spirit is finding ne...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #009: “Indigenous Rock”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In episode nine, RPM turns up the volume on Indigenous rock music, from metal to punk.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #008: “Singer-Songwriters”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our eighth episode, the great oral tradition of our Indigenous cultures thrives in 21st century song.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:37
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #007: “Native Hip-Hop”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Hip-hop is one of the most popular musical genres in Indian Country. In our seventh episode, we explore why the art of hip-hop is such a strong for...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #006: “Six Nations”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the s...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Serenade To A Bus Seat, Credit: 2007 Concord Music Group, Inc.
"Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement" is an important one hour program that features Jazz music as the background with comments concerning the Civil R...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WJAB, Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WTJU and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 49:56
  • Purchases: 6
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
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 3
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:18:15
I Can Understand It: The Story of THE NEWBIRTH (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The New Birth, Credit: RCA Records
An interview with THE NEW BIRTH - A one hour (Part C) interview with LESLIE WILSON and MELVIN WILSON of THE NEW BIRTH SOUL R&B Group. An inside sto...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
The Diner
From: David Kates
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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
Marie's Crisis
From: Kevin T. Allen
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A relationship between Man, Father, God, and Piano Bar.

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), KFAI Minneapolis, and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 3