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It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.
- Added: Aug 31, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
Meet Ira Gitler: Jazz writer, historian, critic and 2017 NEA Jazz Master
- Added: Jun 22, 2017
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Renée Fleming along with other musicians and scientists look at the remarkable ability of music to make us whole.
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 3
Pianist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman is a musical shape-shifter.
- Added: Apr 18, 2017
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts speak with bassist and NEA Jazz MAster Dave Hollnd
- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 2
Fiddler and National Heritage Fellow demonstrates Irish music for The National Endowment for the Arts
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 4
2014 National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle talks about his life-long passion for dance.
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
It's a tuneful podcast as we go to the heart of Irish music with Seamus Connolly.
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Accordionist and 2016 National Heritage Fellow Billy McComiskey builds community for traditional Irish music.
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 29:23
- Purchases: 3
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Cropper talks with Paul Ingles about his collaborations with Otis Redding and other highlights from his career as...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
One of the best jazz organists, ever…and one of the most sampled jazz musicians.
Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, WTJU and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2017
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 7
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and multiple Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt talks with Paul Ingles about her life and career in this full extended intervie...
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WJCT, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 10
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
Nicholas Rodriguez brings classic American musical theater into
the 21st century
- Added: Dec 09, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.
- Added: Nov 08, 2016
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Button accordionist and 2016 National Heritage fellow billy McComiskey plays beautifully and builds a community for irish music.
- Added: Jul 06, 2016
- Length: 29:23
- Purchases: 2
David Harrington, the founding member of the pioneering, genre mixing, multi award winning Kronos Quartet reflects on the remarkable and still ongo...
- Added: Jun 09, 2016
- Length: :30
McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Art Works presents a 2010 interview with the great Martina Arroyo. We salute Martina Arroyo for her brilliant v...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
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
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
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
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
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
Italian artist Marinella Senatore talks about the performances she's producing for the 13th Lyon Biennial exhibition, La Vie Moderne.
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 12:03
