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Caption: Bob Costas on LATER set, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...

Bought by KUHF, KSRQ, KSJE, and KFSK


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Teresa Berganza
On this week’s program, we celebrate the artistic legacy of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, who died May 13, 2022 at the age of 89. Joining ...

Bought by KSJE, KVNO, WRTI, WXXI Rochester, WCQS and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 15
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Saxophonist Charlie Parker is renowned for his small-group recordings, but he also was captured a number of times in large-ensemble settings. This ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
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Recordings that saxophonist John Coltrane made with Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, and the rhythm section of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Larry McDonough and Joel Shapira, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pianist Larry McDonough and guitarist Joel Shapira are known for their complementary duet style. It’s much like that of pianist Bill Evans and guit...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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This episode of The Children’s Hour is about being an anti-racist kid. The Crew interview behavioral psychologists Dr. Rebecca Ezechukwu and Dr. Da...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Paul Ingles talks with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay about his music path which included being a charter member of the revered 1960's gr...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The Roadhouse
I’ve got five artist debuts in the hour ahead – a little less than half the tracks. And, I’ve got some that we haven’t heard from in awhile. Altere...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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If I was to draw a road map of the hour, it would contain strong, evocative voices, a contrast between darkness and light, and a set featuring an i...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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I’ve got some interesting instrumentation this week, along with a very nice acoustic set and a set of classic blues artists live. Stomptown Brass, ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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It’s a big variety in this hour of The Roadhouse, as you’ve come to expect. I’ve got young artists and old. I’ve got artists who are new to the sho...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sitting on top of the world has been around a long time. The song was written by Walter Vinson and Sam Chatmon, members of the blues group, the Mis...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:55
Caption: Roseville Big Band Trip to Acapulco 1989, Credit: Glen Newton
The Roseville Big Band brings its special arrangements to an Edina concert on Oct 2. Band director Glenn Newton tells Phil Nusbaum about it.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
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This is the EXTENDED version of the new program that marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL. This ve...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:33:40
  • Purchases: 1
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To spotlight The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL, producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history...

Bought by KZYX, KREV-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WVPE, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:47:58
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Brasil Guitar Duo, Credit: Brasil Guitar Duo
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features an interview with Brasil Guitar Duo member Douglas Lora and music by Kapsberger, Bach, Elme...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KCME and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:42
  • Purchases: 16
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WYSO, NPR Illinois, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:52:55
  • Purchases: 9
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
Caption: The SteelDrivers Hammer Down, Credit: Official Album Cover
The SteelDrivers have had a notable career in bluegrass and Americana, so what happens when both the founder and the lead vocalist leave the band?

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, KMXT, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early Bluegrass is often viewed as a post WWII idiom reflecting great changes in the US. With that in mind, it makes sense that early bluegrass is ...

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Follow bluegrass and old time music for a while, and you realize that fans and players are tuned into the evolution of the music. The evolution has...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:23
Caption: Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Credit: The VSO
Classical New England's travelogue of regional music festivals catches up with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra during their annual end-of-summer tou...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Oct 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1