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Massive Choral Production on May 12, 2018 is a Tribute to America’s Greatest Generation
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Matthew Mahaffey with Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Connie Shaver
Next Saturday night at the Ordway in Saint Paul, The Oratorio Society of Minnesota presents The Greatest Generation. The production is a tribute to...

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
CJL-306 Libby York
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome Libby York, a lovely person with a lovely voice, joined by a great band: Jeremy Kahn on piano, Mike Allem...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1611 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/14/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Tricky syncopations are key for beginnings, ringleader Phil Woods also hosts Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Leo Wright, followed by John Coltrane....

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
The Quiet Storm (Week of December 4-10, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Cedar Avenue Big Band Innovates Within Big Band Tradition
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Cedar Avenue Big Band, Credit: Jim Richards
The Cedar Avenue Big Band. After 25 years, it’s still a leading Twin Cities Big Band. Why do they do it? They just love playing big band music, and...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
The Cedar Avenue Big Band Innovates Within Big Band Tradition
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Cedar Avenue Big Band, Credit: Jim Richards
The Cedar Avenue Big Band. After 25 years they still love playing big band music, big band fans love what they do. Currently, the group plays secon...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
The Quiet Storm (Week of October 16-22, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of October 9-15, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Snow From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Quiet Storm (Week of June 12-18, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1574 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/30/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Let’s take a listen to Ellington’s 1920s from a 1952 perspective, before hitting a couple funky beats from Prestige Records and Jack McDuff. He’ll ...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WYAP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Andrew Walesch and Big Band Celebrates the Sinatra Legacy
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Andrew Walesch and Big Band, Credit: Ian Walesch
Andrew Walesh is a singer like no other when it comes to the timeless Frank Sinatra repertoire. Sinatra’s songs, arrangements and interpretations ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
170304 Donna's Bar - Charlie Sims Memorial
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It was a classic New Orleans ad hoc lunch at the corner bar, three hours of talk, laugh, drink, eat and repeat. Bar owner, Donna and Charlie plus ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:24:04
GPV30 Book Review - A Spool of Blue Thread
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:07
The Quiet Storm (Week of February 27-March 5, 2017)
From: Skeeter Sanders
Series: The Quiet Storm
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"Smooth Jazz With a Touch of Soul From the Heart of the Green Mountains."

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:40
Bonjour Chanson Series 23 Episode 112
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 23
Caption: Courtesy of Blondino, Credit: Diane Sagnier
We invite you to sit back and relax to enjoy the music of six Francophone artists from the contemporary French Language Popular Music scene. No F...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 1
Maud Hixson Presents Judy Garland, Jazz Singer
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Judy Garland, the 20th century show-biz icon from Minnesota is one of Maud Hixson’s great inspirations as a singer. Maud has rounded up a group of ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:01
Coming Home: the Gary Burger Story
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Coming Home: the Gary Burger Story
Caption: Gary Burger, Credit: The Bemidji Pioneer, with permission
Coming Home: the Gary Burger Story is an hour-long documentary about the life and times of Gary Burger, former front man of The Monks. Produced by ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 55:37
  • Purchases: 1
90 Years Ago: 1925
From: KCSM
Series: The Annals of Jazz
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Going back 90 years from Clarence Williams to the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. 1925 was a prolific year for recorded music as the recording technology...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
Snap 609: Eye Of The Beholder, 4/9/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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You clean up the kitchen until it's shining, until the chef comes in with her white glove.. and let's you know how filthy it really is. On the next...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
The Friendship Triangle of Spock, Kirk and McCoy on Star Trek (1:55)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: William Shatner / Leonard Nimoy
David Gerrold, author of "The World of Star Trek" and screenwriter of the "Trouble with Tribbles" episode, tells Paul Ingles about the Spock-McCoy-...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KHNS, KREV-LP, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 4
Van Morrison - Duets
From: Joyride Media
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Celebrate St Patrtick's Day with the Irish Heartbeat of Van Morrison and the new duets he recorded with his friends. While the program is currentl...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WDCB, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
The Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatle Years and Beyond
From: James D. Jones
Caption: Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatle Years and Beyond
Here's Your Invitation So Make Your Reservations to join me, "Everybody's Favorite Tour Guide", James D. Jones as I take YOU on a Magical Mystery T...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:59
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1445 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/09/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Wake up with swinging Latino, ease into convention and go forward but not out (yet). Blues, dark & sinister, and a brass odyssey. A Big Band char...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 2
Becky J and Rahjta Ren Present Their Own Takes on Romantic Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Becky J and Rahjta Ren, Credit: Jim Larson
When Becky J and Rahjta Ren perform, it's a close collaboration between a great singer and an imaginative keyboardist.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shake it - a modern Polaroid love story
From: This Instant Productions
Caption: Shake it!, Credit: Oz Lang
A tender look at two modern photo technologies - Polaroid and digital photography - and the human and visual connections we make with them.

Bought by WYSO, WCBE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KGOU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20