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Transfigured New York

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first fe...

David Bowie

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...

Bought by Raven Radio

The Art of Noise: Influence of Futurism on Music

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...

Bought by Raven Radio

The B-52s

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...

Bought by Raven Radio

Radio Art Zone

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio

High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio

Brian Eno's Diary

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

Re-Sisters

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida

Pat Metheny

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

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...

Bob Moog

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

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...

The music of Toby Driver

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

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...

The Mandorla Letters

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

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...

The Speed of Sound: Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT

The Speed of Sound: Albert Hammond Jr.

From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound

As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9