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Wee Willie Walker, Saint Paul's Blues Master
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Wee Willie Walker, Credit: Doug Knutson
Wee Willie Walker and We’r (We Are). Now this is one top flight blues band. The group plays the groove most people expect from a blues band, but wi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1613. Program for Mar 26-Apr 1, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the old days of bluegrass there were the happy sounding sad songs. But sad songs today frequently embody musical textures that are also sad. Our...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Carmen As Other
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In this Arts Interchange, Carmen as Other, we’ll hear some of these well-known songs, sung by well-known performers, while we speak with two studen...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:07
Bluegrass Review #1612. Program for March 19-25, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are many songs about trains in bluegrass, but what the trains stand for vary greatly. We open the show with a couple of recent examples. Then...

Bought by WEZU, WVRU, WOUB, KKRN, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Jazz at Studio Z Concert Feb 27 Features Both the Expected and Unexpected
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: J.T. Bates, Credit: Andrea Canter
A mixture of the expected and unexpected. You could say that about all the music at the monthly Jazz at Studio Z series in St Paul. This Saturday i...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Musician's Spotlight - John Oates - 620
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Music and conversation with singer songwriter John Oates, who along with his musical partner Daryl Hall form the most successful pop music duo in h...

Bought by KGLT and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cultural Critic Rashod Ollison on music and memories
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1610. Program for Mar 5-12, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Our show open has plenty of new bluegrass. The Gem of Bluegrass poses the question of whether Bill Monroe’s early bluegrass represented innovation ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE, WAMU and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Graydon Peterson Quartet in a Night of New Jazz at Jazz Central
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Graydon Peterson at Crooner's, Credit: Andrea Canter
Graydon Peterson is a local jazz composer who started out as a classical musician. But as a student, he was drawn to jazz, not only as a bassist, b...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Musician's Spotlight - Kronos Quartet- 618
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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David Harrington, the founding member of the pioneering, genre mixing, multi award winning Kronos Quartet reflects on the remarkable and still ongo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1609. Program for Feb 27-March 4, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There always seems to be a trickle of songs about working, and we play 3 good ones at the beginning of the show. Our Gem of Bluegrass concerns blue...

Bought by WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, WAMU, WDSE, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Bluegrass Review #1608. Program for Feb 20-26, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Laurie Lewis’ new Cd pays tribute to Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard. One of the Hazel and Alice themes was singing traditional songs. We play one b...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WAMU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1606. Program for Feb 6-12, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show today, we acknowledge that bluegrass specializes in all kinds of “unhappy” including breakups. We play a couple of stylistically ...

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WVRU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Composer John Adams: Creating American Classical music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Adams, Credit: Deborah O'Grady
Composer John Adams reflects on his creating American music that’s intense, sensual and meaningful.

Bought by WABE, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
16-03 Competitions
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: William Kanengiser, Credit: William Kanengiser
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! delves into the exciting and controversial world of music performance competitions, and features suc...

Bought by Ohm Radio , New Hampshire Public Radio, KXIQ , KASU, KCHU and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 37
Catch this Rising Twin Cities Jazz Group
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Solomon Parham, Credit: Andrea Canter
Playing music is more than a technical skill. It is often a spiritual experience for those who play it. But while performing can be a personal thin...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:39
Bluegrass Review #1603. Program for Jan 16-22, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early in the show we play some new recordings that reference the work of bluegrass founder Bill Monroe. On our Gem of Bluegrass, people sometimes c...

Bought by WSAJ, KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, WEZU and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Bluegrass Review #1602. Program for Jan 9-15, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
The show opens with songs combining a couple of major bluegrass reference points: poverty and romance. The Gem of Bluegrass focuses on instrumental...

Bought by WSAJ, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WAMU and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 18
The Speed of Sound: Jose Gonzalez
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Jose Gonzalez released his 3rd full length, Vestiges and Claws, earlier this year, showcasing a more stripped down sound for the Swedish songwriter...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Television and Film Composer Dave Porter talks about creating music that tells a story.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: On the set of Better Call Saul, Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television
Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think: Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Director and playwright Tazewell Thompson: Bringing it to the stage.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Soloman Howard as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the company of Appomattox at Washington National Opera , Credit: Scott Suchman
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director an...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Gao Hong's Foray into the Field of World Music Adds to Her Musical Catalog
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Gao Hong w/pipa, Credit: Photo Provided by World Music Professionals
Gao Hong came from China to America in 1994. Already established as a world-class player of the Chinese pipa, she has gotten interested in the west...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
Bluegrass Review #1551. Program for Dec 12-18, 2015
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
It isn’t easy being on stage. A couple of songs at the show’s outset document this fact. Our Gem of Bluegrass poses the question “What if Bluegrass...

Bought by WSAJ, WOUB, RadioFreePalmer, KKRN, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
Bluegrass Review #1550. Program for Dec 5-11, 2015.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Examples of the British – Bluegrass connection keep on coming, so we keep on playing them. The Gem of Bluegrass is about the guitar in bluegrass. T...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KSKQ, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16