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2023-01-13 REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20230113: REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music , 1/13/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Blow Your Horn
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for a global playlist of Jewish saxophone tunes.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2022-05-20 Coping with Climate through Music
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
20220520: Coping with Climate through Music , 5/20/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2021-06-18 Shepard Fairey, Mystic, and the Power of Art
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From activism to political campaigns to corporate advertising, the power of music and images is undeniable. So how can the arts inspire and advance...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPCC, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
210618: Shepard Fairey, Mystic, and the Power of Art, 6/18/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From activism to political campaigns to corporate advertising, the power of music and images is undeniable. So how can the arts inspire and advance...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
David Olney - Now And Forever - FM Odyssey Interview
From: FM Odyssey
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Singer songwriter David Olney passed away on stage in Seaside, FL on Saturday, Jan 18th. FM Odyssey remembers David with this in-studio interview f...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Music (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, KMUN, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Cops of Pop
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Two records from 1983 achieved minor novelty fame, and then faded away, only to emerge 20 years later as the originators of a curious genre of pop ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:02
Pulitzer 100: The Future of Music (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
Pulitzer 100: The Future of Music (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Bill Frisell: The Guitar is My Voice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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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
Ten From David: A David Bowie Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Paul Ingles and NPR Music's Ann Powers host a survey of the music of British musician David Bowie, who died January 10, 2016 of cancer at 69.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KHNS, Prairie Public, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 38
Independence Special (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This is not your everyday variety Independence Day special. It's a celebration of what America is and can be when we unite with one heart. This col...

Bought by KTOO and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Way Beyond the Blue
From: Hold That Thought
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Professor André de Quadros believes that music is for everyone, including prison inmates. Here, he shares his moving experiences teaching in two Ma...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
Jeremy and Nicole Olivier, With Love from South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Frank Lenselink and Jeremy, Credit: Anton F.
Jeremy Olivier, a musician from the Southern African region and his songwriter wife Nicole introduce us to the inspiring and touching story behind ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 17:31
Richard Powers on Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 3
Liner Notes: Charlie Rouse
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and much sought-after sideman. He is known primarily for his collaboration with Thelonious...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Jelly Role Morton
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Jelly Role Morton
Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Smith interviews Pete Townshend 6/8/1970
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 8 - Songwriters, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Pete Townshend, June 8th 1970. The day before, the Who performed 2 shows of Tommy at the Met.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Cab Calloway
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Cab Calloway
Singer, dancer, and bandleader, Cab Calloway is often referred to as the “hi- di -hi- di-ho” man. His nonsensical sounds and improvised melodies ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Art Tatum
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Art Tatum
Self taught pianist, Art Tatum is acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Listen as Rabbi Neil discusses the life of the inn...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ella Fitzgerald
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Ella Fitzgerald
Coming from a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald found solace in music and song. Discovered at age 17, after singing in the style of the Boswell s...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Louis Armstrong
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong is consider one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. With his innovations in ensemble playing and his dis...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3