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Caption: Bee Taylor makes her debut on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Texas songwriter Bee Taylor and raw Americana duo Goldpine.

Bought by KBRW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KJZX-Austin, KMSU, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
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A deep look inside the process of music discovery.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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Our age-old response to this life on earth: yours, theirs, all of ours.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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A deeper look inside the art of using fewer words to say more.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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A look at the nature of performance, and its effect on performer and audience alike.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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A celebration of bands, in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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https://indianapublicmedia.org/porchlight/note-to-self.php

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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The hours around dawn, reflected upon in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll, remembered in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the extraordinary pianist, Ben Lewis, in part two of a two-part tribute to jazz piano icon Bill Evans. Be...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the extraordinary pianist, Ben Lewis, in part one of a two-part tribute to jazz piano icon Bill Evans. Jo...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 2
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In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue neighborhood produced several of the most influential jazz artists to appear on the post-World War II jazz scene, incl...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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In this optional second hour, book editor Holly Gleason and 3 other contributors to the 2023 book release called PRINE ON PRINE: INTERVIEWS AND ENC...

Bought by WAMU, WRVO Public Media, KFSK, KSJE, KUHF and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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A program featuring the 1970s music of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, including commentary from Desmond friend and biographer Doug Ramsey.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Exploring the emergence of a kinetic jazz scene in 1920s Indiana, with commentary from historian James Madison and others.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi joins us to discuss a vital and often-overlooked period of the trumpeter’s career.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the Metropolitan Jazz Octet with vocalist Dee Alexander (and a string section!) to honor the 108th birthd...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome guitarist and composer John Moulder, with an eight-piece ensemble presenting a stunning work titled, “Ear...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Pianist Don Shirley combined classical, jazz, and spiritual influences on the many recordings he made in the 1950s and 60s. A forgotten figure in ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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Vibraphonist Gary Burton was still a teenager when he burst onto the 1960s jazz scene, going on to work with Stan Getz and make a number of memorab...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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A look at the early jazz career and subsequent Peanuts success of pianist Vince Guaraldi, including interviews with jazz critic Doug Ramsey, Guaral...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
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Last week I took a trip to Fainting Goat Studios in Bedford, VA to meet indie Americana artist Griffin Haley, studio musician Camry Harris and the ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:58
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A program about American jazz artists performing in Europe in the late 1940s, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00