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Music host Paul Ingles presents 10 memorable performances from Joe Cocker, who died December 22, 2014 of lung cancer after a career that spanned 50...
Bought by WFAE, KMUW, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, WMMT and more
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 16
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
One of the best loved tunes around is Bonaparte’s Retreat. But why? Is it the title? The melody? Lyle Lofgren and Phil Nusbaum seek a solution to t...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 12:00
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
Marfa Public Radio's Joe Nick Patoski, Willie Nelson biographer and host of the Texas Music Hour of Power, looks back on the life and career of the...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 56:36
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
For the fourth week of June (6/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who was a real force of nature.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:48
For the first week of April (4/2): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a late bloomer who went on to become one of the stat...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
To folk music scholars, a style of folk music represents a specific group of people, but also has relationships with surrounding cultures. For a lo...
Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and WAMU
- Added: Jan 23, 2011
- Length: 09:29
- Purchases: 2
Where Ancient Greece appears in modern culture.
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and Listenwise
- Added: Dec 14, 2010
- Length: 15:23
- Purchases: 3
They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 06:14
The Paschall Brothers of Chesapeake sing four-part harmony in a style with a storied tradition.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 03:30
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 06:18
Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.
- Added: Aug 18, 2009
- Length: 10:02
- Purchases: 2
West Virginia born, Nashville songcatcher Kathy Mattea talks with John & Viv about the creative process behind her recent release Coal. Deeply pers...
- Added: Dec 16, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Added: May 05, 2008
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 2
Winner of the 2009 Headliners' Awards "Best Feature Documentary" and "Grand Prize for Radio"
Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KCSM, Prairie Public, WKMS and more
- Added: Apr 28, 2008
- Length: 53:49
- Purchases: 18
One of the most stunning comebacks in the history of rock and roll...
- Added: Mar 10, 2008
- Length: 05:44
- Purchases: 2
This short piece talks with pianist Art Neville and drummer John Boudreaux about the Mardi Gras standard "Mardi Gras Mambo."
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 2
A short documentary featuring pianist Art Neville and bassist George Porter Jr. about the Mardi Gras standard "Indian Red."
Bought by KSLU, WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KREV-LP
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 4
A collection of handpicked songs from a very wide range of musical styles that address the subject of rhythm as it pertains to music and dance.
- Added: Sep 11, 2007
- Length: 58:52
