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Join host Hanif Abdurraqib for a special episode of Object of Sound, from PRX and Sonos, reflecting back on the year in music. December is the per...

Bought by WVTF, WRGY, KVCR, KUT, KQED and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 11
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In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s jou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Our ability to hear is fully formed after just four and a half months in the womb. From this early age, sound shapes our worldview. Jim McKee, a so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
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In her early 20s, Sibylle Baier recorded 14 folk songs that she says saved her life. Then, she packed the tape away and forgot about it. Decades la...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Toraigh is an Irish Gaelic word that means "seek" or "search." It's also the title of this week's Rough Draft Diaries as we meet a local band of t...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:07
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It's fundraising time at WGTE FM 91! Support the mission and join the community by donating online or calling (866) 380-4664. And thanks!

  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
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“It was chaos, it was total chaos.” When the Berlin Wall unexpectedly fell in 1989, it triggered a time of massive flux for the newly reunited capi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 2
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St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, what o...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
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Opening is a piece of radio art that has as an axis an interview the English physicist Julian Barbour and his theory about time.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 41:12
Caption: Alex Kime Audio Producer
Nick Waterhouse, known for his soul influenced songs, got his start in the same scene as Ty Segall. Edited: Alex Kime.

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 34:09
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Music & Mans Self Discovery with Dj Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid aka Paul Miller explores the ways in which music documents, inspires, heals and ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:41
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In this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of the Houston Grand Opera's 1976 recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Th...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Jose Gonzalez released his 3rd full length, Vestiges and Claws, earlier this year, showcasing a more stripped down sound for the Swedish songwriter...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Music Street in New Orleans
A look back at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 15 years later, to hear how some of New Orleans' best-loved musicians endured - and why. Gwen T...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 51:58
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5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Death Cab For Cutie from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 23:36
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Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...

Bought by KMUW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Todd Rundgren shares his thoughts on his own music educational experience as well as the strong need to bring back a dynamic music educational prog...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: NC Music Love Army We Are Not For Sale, Credit: Skillet Gilmore
Caitlin Cary may be known for her days in Whiskeytown, but the songwriter has forged strong bonds in North Carolina and recently joined with a scor...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 17:21
Caption: Laurie Rubin
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you're blind and how other sight-impaired...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston's "It Takes Two"
Husband and wife vocal artists Nicki and Tim Bluhm talk about what it takes to sing and live as a duo and explore the history of famous duetting co...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Composer Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WFIU, KHNS, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Episode thirty, holy mackerel! Thirty is a lot if you’re counting episodes (not so much when counting bacteria but we’re not counting bacteria toda...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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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: 55:47
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Preview "Inside Islam," a new series from the producers of "Here on Earth." In this edition: Scholar Mark Levine and journalist Suroosh Alvi catal...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: :20