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This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. It’s always a playful combinatio...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 08:00
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. Creating musical surprises is th...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Most music listeners are unaware of cello quartets such as the Delphia Cello Quartet. But to a cellist, its’ the most normal thing in the world. Th...
- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Most music listeners are unaware of cello quartets such as the Delphia Cello Quartet. But to a cellist, its’ the most normal thing in the world. Th...
- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 08:00
The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League calls what it does Prohibition Swing. It’s a collection of
styles nearly a century old with a lot of cool. ...
- Added: Nov 03, 2017
- Length: 08:00
It’s a whole new combination of styles nearly a century old with a lot of cool. The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League plays this Thursday night at...
- Added: Nov 03, 2017
- Length: 08:00
Celtic tradition goes back literally centuries, and well over 100 years in our town. But if you think there’s nothing new under the sun when it com...
- Added: Oct 07, 2017
- Length: 08:00
Celtic tradition goes back literally centuries, and well over 100 years in our town. But if you think there’s nothing new under the sun when it com...
- Added: Oct 07, 2017
- Length: 08:00
AJ Srubas is a young country musician from Minneapolis. But “Country” does not quite tell the story of AJ’s expertise, as different types of countr...
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 07:40
Matra presents its CD Release Concert at the Cedar Cultural Center this Friday night. The group is influenced by many music styles, but does not se...
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 05:00
The Nightingale Trio presents Eastern European folksongs. In the process, the group gives American audiences glimpses into the ways of life in East...
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 07:34
Jim Falbo is a talented classical-based guitarist. He has a command of many music styles makes him a wedding guitarist who is in demand.
- Added: Apr 09, 2016
- Length: 08:48
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
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 4
Very new, new and older Francophone songs introduced in English. No need to speak French to Enjoy the show.
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 29:14
- Purchases: 1
Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
Piece centers on a swing dance hosted by the Park Grove Library in Cottage Grove, MN. We hear from Gary Schulte, the swing violinist leading the tr...
- Added: Sep 18, 2013
- Length: 05:00
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:48
A Jubilee Episode, the 50th, in which we bring the diverse world of French Language Popular Music to English speakers. This genre will enrich your ...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Mar 12, 2012
- Length: 25:40
- Purchases: 1
This Episode of "Bonjour Chanson" runs the gamut from a fantastic world where kids solve mysteries hidden in iron masks and stone sarcophagi, to a ...
Bought by XRAY.fm, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and KUT
- Added: Sep 27, 2011
- Length: 29:21
- Purchases: 3
