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Honor Hope and Healing - Healthcare Worker Music Special
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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Music selected by healthcare workers and front line responders in honor of their colleagues

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:03:01
Whale Fall
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: Screenshot from Nautilus Livestream, October 2019, Credit: Nautilus
In this piece we hear the process of musicians and scientists who collaborated to turn deep sea research into a song. Produced in Woods Hole, MA, ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 11:46
Soli Deo Gloria
From: Kate O'Connell
Caption: The organ loft at St. Anne's Church Fall River, Massachusetts
An empty church, an orphaned organ, a solo organist. Scott Lariviere is 26 years old and volunteers to try to keep a magnificent 4,500 pipe Casavan...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 2
Band Box Records of Denver, Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:39:22
170923 Band Box Records of Denver Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily bet...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:56:19
Sixteen Years Old 170527
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
Music about being 16 years old. Not 15 or 17 or any other age. Just 16 years old. A segment from the 170527 broadcasts.

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 39:12
Que sera sera
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Tribute Show (of Shows)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Shirley Temple
Tributes to Sid Caesar, Ralph Waite and Shirley Temple with introductions from Eleanor Roosevelt, Rodney Dangerfield and Maggie Estep.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:34
New Year's Mummers Day Parade
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Mummers Day Parade, Credit: Rebecca Moon
The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s un...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 23:29
Playing with Knives: Portrait of a Young Violin Maker in Manhattan
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Giancarlo Arcieri., Credit: Renan Dario Arango.
This short audio doc about Giancarlo Arcieri, 35, a young violin maker based in Midtown Manhattan, was produced for WorkingNow.org.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
The List: A Guide to ACL Fest 2011
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire...the headliners are impressive. But musical discovery is the heart and soul o...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 56:26
Jazz Feast
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Jazz Fest 2011
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An audio postcard about the culinary side of the 41st Annual Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:57
East Hundred: A Rock Band Waiting To Make It
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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East Hundred is a five-piece rock band waiting to make it.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
Under the Radar: The Best New Austin Music
From: KUT
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Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
Austin City Limits: Into the Archives
From: KUT
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From Coldplay and My Morning Jacket to Lyle Lovett and Johnny Cash--its an hour of classic performances and the untold histories behind them.

Bought by KHNS, WCPN, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 6
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (with producer voiceover)
From: Brad Horn
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A soundrich experience from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York on April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)
From: Brad Horn
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
The Best of South by Southwest Music 2009
From: KUT
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From the Decemberists to the Heartless Bastards, from Department of Eagles and Vetiver to the Low Anthem, Asa and beyond...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUNM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 55:04
  • Purchases: 6
Fastball -- a 'Secret Showcase'
From: KUT
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The Grammy-nominated kings of Austin-American powerpop reemerge at SXSW '09 with a new batch of instant classics.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 55:36
The List: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2008 Preview
From: KUT
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A music-rich introduction to one of the year's biggest festivals

  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 53:55
The List - The Best New Music at SXSW 2008
From: KUT
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Public Radio's Savviest Music Experts Pick the Best at SXSW 2008

Bought by KSJD and WMNF


  • Added: Mar 08, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2006 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
From: Ben Markus
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Music and comments from the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee

  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
Austin City Limits Music Festival: Day Three Podcast
From: KUT
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Highlights from the last day of the 5th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 17, 2006
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Austin City Limits Music Festival: Day Two Podcast
From: KUT
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A wrapup of highlights from day two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 16, 2006
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz
From: Reese Erlich
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A musical exploration of this lyrical and controversial style of jazz

Bought by KMUW, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WDUQ, WILL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 13