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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...
- Added: Oct 28, 2023
- Length: 28:31
On this episode, we talked about a couple of new books that help to celebrate Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side of the Moon album as it turns 50 this y...
- Added: Oct 02, 2023
- Length: 28:06
On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...
- Added: Oct 02, 2023
- Length: 27:09
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about a couple of recent books that explore the ways that the black metal genre has evo...
- Added: Sep 16, 2023
- Length: 27:19
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the music of Beck, which is discussed song by song in a new book that you can bor...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Sep 09, 2023
- Length: 28:42
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...
- Added: Aug 19, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...
- Added: Jul 22, 2023
- Length: 28:27
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...
- Added: Jun 10, 2023
- Length: 28:35
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...
- Added: Jun 03, 2023
- Length: 27:29
On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...
- Added: May 20, 2023
- Length: 28:29
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...
- Added: May 13, 2023
- Length: 27:30
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.
- Added: Apr 22, 2023
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
A rich, intimate story of family, childhood memories, and rediscovering old photographs and the stories that connect them.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 25, 2021
- Length: 16:36
- Purchases: 1
In 1872, a black school teacher traveled by steamboat from Quincy, IL, to Keokuk, IA, to visit her family. Along the way, she was forcibly removed ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2020
- Length: 05:20
When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 04:40
Washington Post reporter and new Minnesota transplant, Christopher Ingram has written a book about his family's transition from the east coast to r...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Feb 08, 2020
- Length: 05:58
- Purchases: 1
Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa tells us about these prestigious awards.
- Added: Feb 08, 2020
- Length: 13:37
Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.
Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
