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On this episode, we talked about the new book "The Player Piano and Musical Labor," which explores the deep history and cultural influence of what ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 28:26
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Suffrage Song," a fantastic account of the history of women's suffrage in the US in graphic novel format...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Fear of Music" by David Stubbs, which compares the public acceptance of modern art with acceptance of mo...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Dream Machines" by Matthew Collin, which details the history of electronic music in the UK from its ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:18
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Post-Punk and Philosophy," a collection of essays that's part of a Pop Culture and Philosophy series...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2024
  • Length: 28:09
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On this episode, we talked about the book "60 Songs that Explain the 90s," which is a companion to music writer Rob Harvilla's well-regarded podcas...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:44
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Coltrane on Coltrane: The John Coltrane Interviews," a handy but very readable reference that collects n...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode, we talked about Ben Ratliff's book "Coltrane: Story of a Sound," one of the most thorough and engaging books for getting into the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode, we talked about "The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins," the new book of selected entries from Rollins' 50 years of personal notebooks ed...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2024
  • Length: 28:43
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Pierre Boulez: Organised Delirium," which examines the early compositional career of Boulez from the...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:28
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Take This Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis," a bold look at our contemporary music making and listening ha...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode, we talked about Hawkwind, the legendary space rock and proto-punk band, and a new book that takes readers through their voluminous...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:24
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On this episode, we talked about YouTube music influencer Andrew Huang's foray into the music book world, "Make Your Own Rules,' a book packed with...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2024
  • Length: 27:27
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On this episode, we talked about "Earlier," the new memoir by music journalist and musician Sasha Frere-Jones. We listened to some of his music, too.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:26
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Lit-Rock," a collection of essays that explore the many ways that literature and pop/rock music have...

  • Added: May 25, 2024
  • Length: 27:28
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Free Musics" by Jack Wright," one of America's foundational free improvisation artists who is still ...

  • Added: May 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
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On this episode, we talked about a new installment of the 33 1/3 Genre series that explores the short-lived but influential German musical style Ne...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
Caption: JM Stevens, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
JM Stevens is a singer/songwriter based out of Austin, Texas. He grew up in West Point, Mississippi fortunate enough to have a mother who was a sin...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
Caption: Charlie Parr and John Koerner, Credit: Star Tribune
Legendary musician Spider John Koerner recently gifted one of his customized Gretsch guitars to musician Charlie Parr — a way of passing the torch ...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:45
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: UMFA President Sarah Bylsma shows off a bass fulte, Credit: Alison Young
The Upper Midwest Flute Association offers places for flutists to perform, to learn, to compete and to borrow music and instruments.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: The building that would become First Avenue when it was a Greyhound Bus Stop, Credit: Public domain
It's been 40 years since Prince released Purple Rain. The film and soundtrack made Prince a superstar and turned First Avenue, featured in the Purp...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: "Clawhammer" Mike Sawyer, Credit: Britta Greene and James Napoli
Mike Sawyer is on a mission to uncover the roots of Upper Midwest folk music and keep it alive for future generations.

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:20
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1