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Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promo - Victor Wooten - 676
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Victor Wooten is generally regarded as the most accomplished bass guitarist of his generation and is one of the founding member of the multiple Gra...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: :45
Jack & Pee Wee
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell: They each approached their music very differently. At the same time, that’s what made them similar.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
S3: DIME Detroit #88= Bonfires of Social Enterprise
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Three: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: DIME Detroit
Hear from the founders who took a chance, traded London for Detroit and began to engage with the young music talent of Detroit and then Denver. As ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 39:27
Out Where the Blues Begin
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Theodore Roach
To whom do we give the title, "Origin of the Blues"? No one truly knows, but there a several geographical locations that have dibs. Does it matter?

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
S3: Nique Love Rhodes #79
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Three: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Nique Love Rhodes
Nique Love Rhodes We have a social entrepreneur of a different kind, she is a rapper! You will have an opportunity to learn how the social and bus...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 39:03
Freedom Jazz!
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Perfect for the Fourth of July or other celebratory national holidays! “Freedom Jazz!” offers an hour-long, uniquely jazzy tribute to the spirit o...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSLU, WITF, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 35
A Study in Style
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
Try to arrive at a definitive, all-inclusive understanding of jazz, and you’ll be mistaken. After all, the real beauty of the music is that it cann...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Sharing
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Sharing, Credit: Julia Meek
Humanitarian Hervé Kempf suggests: “Consume less; share better.” Hope you can share an hour of your time to hear how it's done!

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski #62
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Paulina Petkoski
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski Romy interviews dynamo Paulina Petkowski, co-owner and co-founder of Playground Detroit! Learn...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 36:21
Mayyadda Turns Life Experiences into Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mayyadda, Credit: Osaro Obanor
Only recently did Mayyadda make the decision to perform professionally. But she’s come a long way in a short time, playing prestigious clubs such a...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
A Busy Couple of Weeks for Charlie Lincoln and Edmund Catlin, Student Jazz players
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
What do student jazz players do? They work had during the school year, and when summer comes, they work even harder playing in bands with their fri...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Dakota Combo Presents Great Jazz at Studio Z in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Dakota Combo, Credit: Andrea Canter
The Dakota Combo. It’s a jazz group made up of metro area high school players whose players are immersed in soaking up lessons from their mentors. ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Fifth Beatle: A George Martin Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Radio Producer Paul Ingles mines his many documentaries on Beatles albums for a few stories that show off producer George Martin’s contributions to...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KGOU, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
World Jazz Trio Debuts Friday Night in Saint Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maryam Yusafzadeh at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Maryam Yusafzadeh has been involved in many adventurous musical project over the years, and she’s at it again with a new Jazz group that combines m...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Sarah Porwoll-Lee and the Excitement over new Music Compositions
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
To Sarah Porwoll-Lee, it isn’t only that she plays new music on the clarinet. When she talked with Phil Nusbaum, she revealed that she gets excited...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
Ruby Dee in Conversation with Studs Terkel
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Ruby Dee, c. 1960, Credit: John Springer Collection/Corbis
Ruby Dee, actress, writer and activist died on June 12 at the age of 91. The WFMT Radio Network is offering this excerpt of Ruby Dee speaking with ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
A Concert for Peace Talks Radio with Mary Gauthier and Rahim Alhaj
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The PEACE TALKS RADIO series celebrated 10 years of radio and online programs about peacemaking with an anniversary concert in 2013. These highlig...

Bought by KUOW and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Concert for Peace with Mary Gauthier and Rahim Alhaj
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The PEACE TALKS RADIO series celebrates 10 years of radio and online programs about peacemaking with an anniversary concert in 2013. These highlig...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
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
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
20 FEET FROM STARDOM -- Tata Vega, Merry Clayton & Morgan Neville Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Singers Merry Clayton, Tata Vega, and director Morgan Neville talk success, faith, and why Merry didn’t “let Ray” Charles.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 15:07
Rickie Lee Jones
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has been pushing down musical boundaries for over four decades with her hauntingly...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Preview of - A Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It! [13:48 or 7:42 Broadcast Ready Preview Module of Upcoming Long-Form Special]
From: Paul Ingles
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As the Rolling Stones prepare to mark their 50th anniversary this fall, we join the celebration by presenting a preview of a two-hour public radio ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media and KGLT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 21:30
  • Purchases: 2