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Paula Brandel on Local Art
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Arts
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Paula Brandel talks local arts on The Morning Show with Heidi and John.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
The Sixth Sense
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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We’re talking about the SIXTH SENSE or ESP; where you KNEW something would happen. We’ll also have a guest appearance by Rev Dave, a man who can t...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:56:15
Commentator Guido on State Parks
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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From the start, the very concept of "State Parks" was an indicator of things that had already been lost...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
Commentator Aaron Brown on Tattoos
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Everyone faces the choice of a driver's license or tattoo?

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:43
Commentator Guido on Original
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Just about the time you think you've really got something it hits you - you're chord progressions aren't original...

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:24
Commentator Aaron Brown on Original
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The real problem is you can only hook up words a certain number of ways before you become one of those randomizing robots...

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
Story of a Song
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of Scandanavian-Americans for almost 40 years. Here’s a story fr...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
Commentator Aaron Brown on Bowls
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Aaron has a very special bowl in his life - it's both glass, and invincible...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:13
The Last Word on Bowls
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael asks, "Are we, ourselves, not bowls? Empty vessels always being filled and refilled..."

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:35
Nathan Bergstedt Reviews "How To Steal A Car" by MN Author Pete Hautman
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Regular KAXE contributor Nathan Bergstedt reviews "How To Steal A Car" by MN author Pete Hautman

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson on Connecting tot he Audiences; Quotes Eric Dolphy; First Performance; Milt Jackson rock the boat; and Pee Wee Mar...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross on The Contest that Launched Her Career; Being Raised in Hollywood; Working with Lambert and Hendricks; Recording "Singi...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
Acute Bibliophobia
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on India
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, Prairie Public, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton on First Gig with Duke Ellington' First Gig; Dedication to the Music; Racism; and Al Jackson.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on The Concerto For Clairnet
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw explains that "You do things that some people think are impossible, and that’s what separates the men from the boys."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Audience and Pop
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Connecting to Audiences; and Pop.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern on Remembering Fats Waller; Symphony Sid; Billy Holiday; Louis Armstrong and Arriving in the US.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7