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Steve Downing reflects on some of the arts programming he has shared over the past 12 months.
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 04:29
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 19, 2016
- Length: 10:34
- Purchases: 2
Steve Downing visits the Edge Center for the Arts, in Bigfork, to see the musical "Annie Jr.", presented by Stages Theatre Company.
- Added: Oct 10, 2016
- Length: 03:51
Child prodigies need the chance to find themselves- the moment they become ‘spellbound’ because they have found the field their gift has been looki...
- Added: Oct 02, 2016
- Length: 07:04
Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on.
For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 06:00
In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns.
But Baluji...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 05:59
- Purchases: 1
Steve Downing talks about the Great Northern Radio Show, attends the Duluth Opera "Les Uncomfortables", and takes in "Whats Left: Lives Touched By ...
- Added: Jul 05, 2016
- Length: 04:12
Steve Downing announces the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council award winners, shares Grand Rapids First Friday event, and describes the 10th Annual Du...
- Added: Jun 21, 2016
- Length: 04:01
Steve Downing shares his First Friday experience in Grand Rapids, MN on May 6th. An evening of art exhibits and local music.
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 04:11
Produced on the day the legendary singer-songwriter passed away in 2016, music host Paul Ingles guides listeners through a tour of some great Guy C...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Louisville Public Media, KMSU and more
- Added: May 17, 2016
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 8
Steve Downing shares his essay on the difficulty of supporting early artists whose talents may not be ready for public consumption.
- Added: Apr 22, 2016
- Length: 07:50
India and Pakistan have much in common but, lately an angel in purple has united the prickly neighbors in gobsmacked amazement.
- Added: Apr 18, 2016
- Length: 06:00
While strongly rooted in bluegrass, old-time, and folk music, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades produces a sound that draws on the vaults of music collect...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 9
Philip Armand ruins a cup of hot cocoa and realizes his mad, sweaty, sloppy rushing is no longer working.
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:02
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...
- Added: Mar 12, 2016
- Length: 59:21
- Purchases: 10
Academy Award and GRAMMY winning artist, Melissa Etheridge, will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as some ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2016
- Length: 59:22
- Purchases: 10
The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse – three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starti...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 12
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
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 12
With a Cuban-American lead singer, garage band ferocity, an intense live show and a deep love of both romance and pure country laced with polyrhyth...
- Added: Feb 09, 2016
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 11
It’s the great Western discovery of India all over again.
- Added: Feb 02, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry gets in and out of big trouble in Wyoming, and welcomes Louisiana native, Jeffery Broussard creates incredible ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 4
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Ben Kweller sits down with his neighbors, a local middle school student and her parents, to talk about his own family and life path.
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
Jim Conally reflects on his musical career, life journeys, and the sea.
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 02:58
Tune in tonight as Tent Show host and author Michael Perry welcomes our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra in the first set followed by bluegrass outfi...
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 59:19
- Purchases: 12
Tonight's show begins with the familiar sounds of Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra along with special musical guests Corey Carls...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 11
