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Jazz Musician Terence Blanchard on composing an opera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Terence Blanchard, Credit: Cedric Angeles
In this podcast Terence Blanchard talks about bringing the sounds of blues and jazz to his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, his long collaboration w...

Bought by WILL, RADIOLEX, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
New Jersey Performing Arts Center: putting the Newark community first
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: NJPAC, Credit: NJPAC
Executive Vice President & Executive Producer of NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center) David Rodriguez discusses the centrality of community in...

Bought by KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Niyati Dhokai--creating community art with veterans
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ukulele workshop for veterans and military families at Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University. , Credit: Dr. Niyati Dhokai
Program Director of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University Niyati Dhokai talks about creating an intergenerational communi...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Louie Pérez from Los Lobos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical
Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Soprano Angel Blue is taking the opera world by storm!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Angel Blue, Credit: Jack Hill
Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 3
Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ford’s Theatre commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. We speak with Producer Sue Frost and D...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Filmmaker David Henry Gerson talks about his documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Director David Henry Gerson talks about The Story Won’t Die—his documentary about Syrian artists in exile.

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 4
Meet Maestro William Henry Curry
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Maestro W. H. Curry
Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
NL 21-25: Music in All Things: W. Eugene Smith, 6/14/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Author Sam Stephenson talks with us about the legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith and the ways in which his life intersected with New York City'...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Meet Heartbeat Opera and Its Artistic Director Ethan Heard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ethan Heard, Credit: Stanley Bohorek
Ethan Heard and Heartbeat Opera re-visions opera for the 21st Century.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Plant Music (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If plants could talk, what would they say? What if they could sing?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Ohm Radio , KHEN-LP, WCNY, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
Plant Music (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If plants could talk, what would they say? What if they could sing?

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Plant Music (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If plants could talk, what would they say? What if they could sing?

Bought by WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WJCU, WJCT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Plant Music (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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If plants could talk, what would they say? What if they could sing?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Here's 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center
For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:03
From Community Dance to Dance Community: Recalling the Old Farmer's Ball
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: The original Farmer's Ball, and an OFB dance today, Credit: Phil Jameson/Carla Seidl
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lora Bottinelli, Credit: Caroline O'Hare
Executive Director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) Lora Bottinelli talks about the central place of traditional art and tra...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New England Public Media, Harford Community Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
WoodSongs 778: Crowe, Lawson & Williams
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Bluegrass legends JD Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Paul Williams on the WoodSongs stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Crowe, Lawson & Williams a trio of bluegrass legends.

Bought by KENW, Yellowstone Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 20
Celebrate Sonny Rollins' 90th Birthday!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: john Abbott
We revisit a 2017 conversation with the legendary tenor saxophonist.

Bought by WCNY and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Randall Kline
A conversation with Randall Kline--founder and artistic director of SFJAZZ

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 1
2006 NEA Jazz Master pianist and composer Chick Corea and the art of play
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Chick Corea, Credit: Toshi Sakurai
2006 NEA Jazz Master pianist and composer Chick Corea talks about the art of play in this musical podcast

  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen Live from Caffè Lena
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 802 (Air Dates: May 11 - 17, 2020) This week on Art of the Song we bring you a LIVE from Caffè Lena show featuring Steve Gillette and Cindy Ma...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLNZ, KNBA, KKFI, WETS and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
An interview with founding member of I See Hawks in LA
From: Brian Bahouth
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On January 11, the band I See Hawks in LA will play a date in Silver City, Nevada. The funky Silver City School House is a well-suited venue to see...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 11:02
Musician's Spotlight -Bruce Cockburn 2019 Mspot Part Two- 727
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Considered by his native Canada to be nothing less than a national treasure, multiple Juno Award winning songwriter, guitarist and social and spiri...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
Robin Barnes: Songbird of New Orleans
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Robin Barnes
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 52:00