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Tell Me Wai
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: New Zealand Stories
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Maori group called 'Wai" blends traditions with a hip hop sound in New Zealand.

Bought by WNJR and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Rock and Roll
From: Modern Language Association
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The evolution, influence, and energy of a genre

Bought by WFHB, Raven Radio, WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 11
The Emergence of Shawn Colvin: Inside "These Four Walls"
From: Paul Ingles
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Three-time Grammy winner Shawn Colvin is captured in the studio working on her 2006 album THESE FOUR WALLS and reflecting on her career in music.

Bought by North State Public Radio, WHRV, Wyoming Public Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WILL and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 9
South Africa: Nelson Mandela Day
From: Caroline Dix
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A collection of music from South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hop Fu and the Asia-Hip Hop Connection
From: Michael Jones
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Turntablists create new soundtracks to Kung-Fu movies...live!

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2006
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 2
Suzanne Polak Composer: Documentary
From: Don Maue
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Documentary of Original Music by Composer Suzanne Polak for Theatre

  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Psychedelic Legacy of Roky Erickson
From: Adam Allington
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Roky Erickson is the godfather of pyschedelic rock.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 3
A Shortcut to Impeachment
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A Presidential look at misconduct, dirty politics and Impeachment

Bought by WUTC, KVMR, KZYX, KMUN, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 10
World Music Festivals
From: Caroline Dix
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World Music Festivals Around the World

  • Added: Jun 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
A Radio Rorschach Test
From: Aaron Henkin
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An exploration of how six radio 'guinea pigs' react to a series of sonic inkblots...

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WUAL, WBEZ and more


  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 8
WHER: 1000 Beautiful Watts
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound
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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
SHE GROOVES: Janis Siegel, A Thousand Beautiful Things
From: Theresa Orlando
Series: She Grooves Radio Hour
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Interview & music selections with Janis Siegel, A Thousand Beautiful Things...

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: Mar 30, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
One Family of Jazz
From: Murray Street Productions
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An all-star cast celebrates a shining addition to Broadway in the premiere performance from Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall.

Bought by KMUW, KZYX, WNCU, WJSU, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 15
Style Warz: an underground M.C. battle from the inside out
From: Aaron Henkin
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A look at Baltimore's preeminent M.C. competition, Style Warz, from the perspective of the rappers who square off in front of a live audience to do...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 1
Women Making Music: Candye Kane
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
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Candye Kane muses about her love of music and how she was able to support her art and young son by working in the sex industry

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KVNF, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67
A Shortcut Through 2005
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A year end retrospective of 2005

Bought by WMBR and KVMR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 2
From Sagebrush to Steppe
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends and singing songs w...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 9
"In Other Words, Townes Van Zandt"
From: KUT
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A personal, in-depth profile of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt

Bought by Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 19
Interviews from Strawberry Fields: John Lennon Fans From Around the Globe Reflect on the 25th Anniversary of the Singer's Death
From: Edward Meagher
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An interview with Lennon fans at Strawberry Fields, the memorial in New York's Central Park. Set to Lennon's "Imagine," the piece features intervi...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands
From: Eve Abrams
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This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS


  • Added: Sep 25, 2005
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From: KRCC-FM
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Musicians talk about playing Telluride

  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 09:10

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