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Caption: https://unsplash.com/photos/2x-dj_r0H9Y, Credit: Jeremy Bezanger
This is a Veterans Day program. "Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]" is a musical program containing Patriotic Songs and music praising the ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:48
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"Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON (1875-1935)
Enjoyable Music from musicians, vocalists, and composers of African Descent of Classical Music. This is a collection of some of the best classical ...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 56:21
Caption: Aretha Now, Credit: Atlantic Catalog Group
"Lady Soul! - The Music of Aretha Franklin" is a musical view of Aretha Franklin's career with Atlantic Records.

Bought by WJCT and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 56:46
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kathleen Battle
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:38
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Art is best experienced in person. But what happens when events get cancelled during a pandemic? Artists do what they do best: improvise.

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 15:47
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“Teen Soul (The Golden Soul Years)” includes the exciting and historic music of The Jackson 5, The Five Stairsteps, The Osmonds, The Sylvers, Foste...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WUFT


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Stories Deep in the Heart
A snapshot into the struggles and triumphs of Austin's hidden gem, Tameca Jones. This story was produced by Tina Steiner, Jay Bhattacharyya, and Ma...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:41
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The daffodils are blooming, days are getting longer, and gardeners are feeling those familiar twinges of excitement. At the same time, about eight ...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sharon Jones, Credit: Matt Rogers
Powerhouse soul singer, Sharon Jones has died. This 14 minute piece is a radio obituary using sound of Ms Jones from over the years. From her impov...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 13:53
  • Purchases: 1
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One young man's near-death fall from a cliff, and the power of Straight Edge punk music, helped him escape prescription opiate addiction. His story...

Bought by WDBM and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
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After going solo in 1970, this was Diana Ross' second #1 hit.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
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Glen's first #1 hit came 14 years after his first chart appearance.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
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Jory Debenham explores the work Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann created in the Terezin concentration camp.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
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Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:09
Caption: Helen Reddy Accepts Grammy
This #1 hit won the Grammy in 1973.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
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1967 saw The Letter at the top of the charts in the fall.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman
The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a St...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, Troy Public Radio, Hark! and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 17
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South by Southwest has grown from being just a music conference into an event encompassing music, film, and the internet. But it's becoming less c...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:38
Caption: Boots at Allen's Boots in South Austin, Credit: Nathan Bernier
Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin from all over the world for South by Southwest Music, which officially gets underway today. Many v...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Surfing an internet cafe in Khartoum, Sudan., Credit: Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
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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