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Beatles documentarian Paul Ingles is joined by two super Beatles fans to provide an annotated tour through The Beatles chart-topping album, release...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KBBI Alaska, KGLT, KSRQ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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An appreciation of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, generally recognized as the first pop or rock festival of all-time. It featured 3...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KUNM, KMUN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSKA and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 23
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Many Americans celebrate their Memorial Day holiday by relaxing, spending time with family, catching up on projects, grilling out or going to the p...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio, WVIA, WVIA, 'The Sea', KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
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Gregg & Gabriela pack their microphones and head for the sunny beaches of Costa Rica! We’ll meet a local fishermen, a world traveler, a beach vendo...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 12:15
Caption: Pierre Boulez, Credit: New York Philharmonic Archives
Critic at large, Andrew Patner shares an exclusive interview from 2009 with the legendary Pierre Boulez, Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus of th...

Bought by WDPR, KOWS, KDX Worldround Radio, KGUA, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 14
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Wilson's records blended big-band and small-group elements with pop orchestration and doses of soul that could be both big-city hip and suburban cool.

Bought by KAAD-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUW, WCPN, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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An hour-long program of classic jazz: An exploration of the path of Melba Liston as she became an arranger/composer and an instrumentalist in the j...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Silvia & Raul
Not just great music -- Silvia Pérez Cruz & Raúl Fernández Miró (Refree) — with their tour "Cruzmiró" unlocks some reflections by Dave Ellwand

  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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
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A poet, an ethnomusicologist, a conductor, and a vocalist share their favorite Christmas songs and why the music resonates with them this time of y...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJCT, KMUD, KUAC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
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From Leontyne Price to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, the Ronettes to Middle Eastern music…

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Canzioniere
A musician and a restauranteur from Liverpool visit a festival of performances with traditional roots in Catalonia in North East Spain. They meet m...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 33:33
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The "original" version of Adele's "Someone Like You" reveals her inner stalker... Listen, weep, wipe, repeat.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
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In this FREE, EVERGREEN one-hour program, Sound Opinions explores Bob Dylan's life and music.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, KMUW, WXPR, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 79
Caption: Mike Droho performing in studio on KQAL's "The Live Feed", Credit: Terese Tenseth
KQAL's show "The Live Feed" had midwest songwriter/musician Mike Droho in studio for an interview with Program Director Terese (Teri) Tenseth. Mike...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:48
Caption: Patrons at Young at Heart Club in New Orleans' Pigeontown neighborhood., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Crescent City Blues takes listeners to the hidden world of New Orleans corner joints—bars far from the French Quarter, in neighborhoods like Centra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCMJ Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
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An hour-long program of seasonal music from the distant past and through the ages -- both sublime and earthly, across time and place, across belief...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 12
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An Evening of Music and Interviews with Texas Legend Guy Clark, recorded live in May of 2005 at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, NM.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KSUT, Prairie Public, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 4
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Musicians routinely sing about love--love in bloom and love gone bad. But there's another songwriting tradition as well--the political or protest ...

Bought by WORLDcompass.org, WFHB, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
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Powwow music brings a community of Stanford students together around one common drum.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2008
  • Length: 22:59
Caption: Kapono Beamer, Credit: Dayna Marie Beamer
Enjoy the magic of a Hawaiian Christmas with slack key master Kapono Beamer, sharing tales of his family's holiday traditions and rich musical lega...

Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, KISU, KUAC and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 25
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The story of the first all-girl radio station in the nation

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMXT, KKRN, WRGY, WORT and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 44