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HARM 23-51: Las Posadas, 12/11/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baro...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
HARM 23-50: Holiday Triple Spin, 12/4/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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"Holidays are a great time for music! And this week on Harmonia, we’re going to take a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early compos...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Harmonia Holiday Triple Spin
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Holidays are a great time for music! On this edition of Harmonia, we’re taking a spin through three favorite tunes and enjoy how early composers an...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:03
Drive the Cold Winter Away: Music for the Winter Solstice
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
A Medieval Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Tired of jingle bells yet? This time of year, we are surrounded by Christmas music. On this special holiday edition of Harmonia, join us for someth...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WILL, KRPS, North State Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Las Posadas: Christmas Music from Renaissance and Baroque Mexico
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re heralding in the holiday season with an extended devotional prayer—or is it a party?—called Las Posadas. This Mexican Christmas tradition dat...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WCNY


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Bountiful Harvest Music
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the harvest season. From pumpkins and cool breezes to the more spiritual aspects of remembrance and mortality, we’ve got bushels ...

Bought by WVIA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
HARM 23-46: Songs of Thanks and Praise, 11/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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This week, we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
NL 23-43: Jazz Women Of The 1980s, 10/16/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Slimy, Slithering, and Squiggling Things
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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A snake slithers at your feet. A slimy frog leaps from a lily pad onto your head, and a fantastical serpent squiggles past — so begins a creepy wee...

Bought by KTXK and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Songs of Thanks and Praise
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Join us as we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WVIA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Holiday Jazz with Dee Alexander!
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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Coming to you from the WFMT Radio Network - one-hour special, Holiday Jazz with Dee Alexander! With support from emcee and Chicago radio luminary ...

Bought by KGOU, WRGY, KISU, Capital Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 54
THE TRAILER TO: The Lasting Impact of ROBBIE ROBERTSON
From: Paul Ingles
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[please do not broadcast this unless you are also committing to broadcasting at least one hour of the full program at PRX ] TRAILER TO : THE LASTI...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 12:23
The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson (Optional Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Lasting Impact of Robbie Robertson
From: Paul Ingles
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Robbie Robertson, chief writer for the legendary and hugely influential rock group simply called The Band, has passed away at the age of 80. Music ...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KRCB 104.9, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 29
Womenfol #230802
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Remembering Sinead O'Connor + Nields Interview

  • Added: Aug 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:04
Maria Callas: The Enduring Icon
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, the WFMT Radio Network and Jon Tolansky present an exclusive documentary memo...

Bought by KENW, Troy Public Radio, WDPR, WQXR, WILL and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Womenfolk #230524
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Memorial Day Songs + Meg Hutchinson Interview

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
THE EMERGENCE OF JONI MITCHELL (2023) - Single Hour
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: JONI MITCHELL, Credit: Baron Wolman (used with permission)
UPUDATED! Single-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Joni Mitchell. Scores of Mitchell songs are featured. Special guests i...

Bought by WJCT, WHRV, KTNA, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trobairitz: The Women Troubadours
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
Caption: 12th-century trobairitz Azalais de Porcairagues
Troubadours have been romanticized and re-imagined in popular culture for centuries now, but rarely does that evocative re-imagination include the ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Jazz Women of the 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz featuring female jazz performers and composers of the 1960s.

Bought by WNMU-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, KMUN, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
Jazz Women of the 1940s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring women instrumentalists who thrived in the upside-down jazz world of wartime America.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WJCT, WGBH Radio Boston, High Plains Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Jazz Women of the 1980s*
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A decade that saw female artists making further inroads into the male-dominated world of jazz.

Bought by KLCC and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz Women of the 1990s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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As the 1990s brought the 20th century to a close, women musicians continued to increase their visibility in the jazz world and to erode the notion ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KLCC, and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3