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Northern Highlights with Marek Zebrowski
From: D. Christine
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Just in time for a winter's night! These classical pieces come to you from the frozen north. Bundle up by the fire and enjoy symphonic works from...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:00
North Wind, South Wind
From: D. Christine
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Instead of fighting the chill, why don’t we revel in it? Carl Byron hosts a musical journey that begins in the far and ancient north, with hauntin...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Jazz-O-Rama #33: "Open the Door, Richard!" Remastered Count Basie 78s
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Count Basie 78s on Jazz-O-Rama
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records is heard on the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
130505 Live From The Eulipion Lounge On The Second Weekend of Jazz Fest
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It's a pop-up music nightclub where the door man hates me but all my drinks are free and the music is perfect. To join us at the club, just close ...

  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:10
In Which a Weight is Lifted
From: Laurence Yeung
Series: The AudioPh[i]D
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Episode 3 - 2/23/13 - What would happen if someone stole the One True Kilogram? How would the world go about replacing – or displacing – it? Today,...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 12:52
Steve Edwards Soul Show(36) The Fusion Special Meets The Contemporary Spotlight In Jazz! Live On The Phone Mr Will Downing!
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Will Downing & Friends, Credit: Steve Edwards
Its another blockbuster of music mayhem on the soul show with an archive feature of one of the best funk bands to come out of Dayton Ohio- Slave. T...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:54
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up: Hal David Tribute
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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All Mixed Up with Hal David features tributes to Joe South, more from Bob Dylan and an interview done with the late Hal David on WBAI in May 2003.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 56:45
A Musical Tribute To Jaco Pastorius (26). Plus "Backstage" With Yellowjackets!
From: Steve Edwards
Series: "The Contemporary Spotlight In Jazz" 2012 Series!
Caption: Felix Pastorius & Will Kennedy
A brand new feature that aims to fill the gap where smooth Jazz failed! This series pays attention to the innovators of a music format that gave us...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:39:06
Steve Edwards Soul Show (19) Art Stewart Returns For The 2012 Series Live On The Phone With Detroit Vocalist Jimmy Sterling! HR1 & 2
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Steve & Art Stewart In Studio, Credit: Art Stewart
Marvin s Gayes producer/engineer of 10 years returns to the 2012 series alongside Detroit singer songwriter Jimmy Sterling on their remake of Marvi...

  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:53:59
Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series Edition (6)-Soul , Funk & Civil Rights! HR1
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Host/Producer, Credit: Steve Edwards
A Twist of Soul , Funk and Civil Rights is the story of Edition 6 of The Steve Edwards Soul Show. It is a musical tribute the the artists that laid...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
Beyond the Islamic Golden Age
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars from around the world gathered recently for George Mason University’s forum Beyond Golden Age and Decline: Muslim Societies and Global Mod...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Mikie Show #32, Priscilla
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-two is just below, right behind that little arrow. It’s hiding there. If you don’t believe me, go ahead, click that little arrow and...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
100213 The Will of Landru (or is that Landrieu)
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Mardi Gras festival on another planet
The 40 year old Star Trek episode, The Return of the Archons, features a society that celebrates a Mardi Gras festival and is lead by a guy named ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00:16
  • Purchases: 1
Can Anyone Do This?
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: Brain chart
Animal communicator David Louis explains how, in theory, anyone can communicate with another being.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
Shortcuts To Freedom
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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July 4th Classic

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 32
Thoughts In Sound Episode #5 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Composing for the Post-Apocalypse
From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound
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A titan of modern music contemplates the spiritual and theoretical dimensions of sound

  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Thoughts in Sound Episode #2 John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound
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A conceptualist of sound contemplates the meaning of music

Bought by KGLT and KGOU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Thoughts In Sound (hour version)
From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound
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Five Icons Contemplate the Meaning of Sound and Music

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
TRACES
From: Judith Weber
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An attempt to trace thought

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Rut
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Listeners drop in on a conversation between father and son hunting partners, Rupe and Joe LaRock, who talk about the annual breeding cycle of male ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - demo
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a small taste of the integritiness of IPR

Bought by XRAY.fm and KDLG


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:04
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Not Enough Tears
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Rajani Thiranagama was a doctor, a teacher and a committed human rights who was shot in 1989 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her daughter was 11 years old. ...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Franti & Spearhead "Live" at Folsom Prison
From: KVMR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Live Concert from "New Folsom" Prison Featuring Michael Franti & the Prison's Arts Program

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KZYX, KSFR, KPFT, KDLG and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:29:28
  • Purchases: 6
The Kabbalah of Chanukah
From: Russ Jennings
Series: Days of Wonder
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Mystical tales & teachings & Jewish sacred music from around the world.

Bought by WRKF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, Michigan Radio, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2004
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 47