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The Speed of Sound: Lissie
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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My Wild West may be Lissie’s third album, but she’s been on the scene for well over 10 years in various projects. Still, this new album finds her a...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
To Curtis and Loretta, the Music Serves Personal Connections
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Curtis and Loretta , Credit: Jennifer Bong
They sing many types of traditional songs, they play many instruments, they write songs and their repertoire is a mile wide. But to folksinging due...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:25
World Jazz Trio Debuts Friday Night in Saint Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maryam Yusafzadeh at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Maryam Yusafzadeh has been involved in many adventurous musical project over the years, and she’s at it again with a new Jazz group that combines m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Battle of the Big Bands on Oct 23 Honors Local Jazz Icon Merle Knudson
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Dave Graf (l) and Doug Haining (r), Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Merle Knudson was a saxophonist with a distinctive sound who also acted to help young jazz players get going. Phil Nusbaum talks to Doug Haining an...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Sarah Porwoll-Lee and the Excitement over new Music Compositions
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
To Sarah Porwoll-Lee, it isn’t only that she plays new music on the clarinet. When she talked with Phil Nusbaum, she revealed that she gets excited...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
Great Bluegrass Festival this weekend features Minnesota Talent
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Gary Cobus, Credit: Chad Kulzer
We talk to president of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association. To Gary, the bands at a typical bluegrass festival are great, and t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Episode # 23 - Castaway: Renee Blanche
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On September 10th our 23rd castaway on "Desert Island Discs" was RENEE BLANCHE, - Tai Chi practitioner, dancing machine and Vagina Monologue perfor...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:26
Love the French Way 4 - Aicha
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Yodeler
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
Caption: brigid reedy plays her fiddle, Credit: clay scott
The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Wendell Holmes (of the Holmes Brothers)
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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The Holmes Brothers have been entertaining audiences with their uplifting blend of gospel, blues and R&B for three decades. Their latest album "Fe...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kathy Mattea
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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West Virginia born, Nashville songcatcher Kathy Mattea talks with John & Viv about the creative process behind her recent release Coal. Deeply pers...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? THE GYUTO MONKS!
From: The Tibet Connection
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What happens when 14 Gyuto monks need a place to spend the night? The Tibet Connection's own Sarah Wilkinson and her family recently played host t...

Bought by KUNM and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2
Old Maid Aunts
From: Bernadette Cahill
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The Story of a Song

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:19
Fanna Fi Allah
From: KVMR
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Young Female American Tabla player becomes 1st woman to play at Pakistan Qawwali festival in 600 + years

  • Added: Oct 04, 2006
  • Length: 17:59
The Greatest Funk Band in the World?
From: KUT
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Rediscovered disks by a '70's era high school stage band are creating a new cult following

  • Added: Jul 25, 2006
  • Length: 09:08
Ladino Transformation
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Sandy Tolan visits with some of Bulgaria's last Ladino speakers as they try to keep their language from going silent.

Bought by WBEZ, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, WFUV, and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Jul 04, 2006
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 4
Sounds of Democracy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland Public Library's free piano offers more than music the folks who play it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 3
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
More Than "Guys & Dolls"-Frank Loesser
From: Amber Edwards
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Evergreen profile of Frank Loesser, composer of "Guys & Dolls", the most frequently produced musical ever

Bought by KERA, KOTO, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 3
The Power of Song
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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In Athens, Ohio the ATCO Sheltered Workshop for developmentally disabled adults is making money - and art! Their 'outsider art' made $100,000 last ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Documentary
From: M. Travis DiNicola
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A documentary about Indianapolis' Creative Renewal Arts Fellowships which has granted 150 "artistic sabbaticals" since 1999.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 29:55