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Byzantine Chant
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Past is Always Present," which documents Orthodox chant practices among the monasteries of Mount Ath...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Brian Eno's Diary
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Sound Actions
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Overtone Singing
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
After Rachmaninoff
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Music serves as a poignant metaphor in this set of poetry.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:57
  • Purchases: 1
Music When Soft Voices Die
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry inspired by music and musicians.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
The 2017 Musician Memorial Hour
From: Paul Ingles
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Some of the prominent popular musicians who passed away in 2017 are celebrated in a one-hour special hosted by public radio music historian Paul In...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Pessoa & Cavafy
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Excerpts from Rachel Cohen's essay "Lost Cities" and segments of poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy examine the allure of one's home ...

  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:20
You Should Know Guy Clark: An Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Produced on the day the legendary singer-songwriter passed away in 2016, music host Paul Ingles guides listeners through a tour of some great Guy C...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Louisville Public Media, KMSU and more


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Game of Pairs: Jennifer Higdon, Béla Bartók and the Concerto for Orchestra
From: Byrwec Ellison
Series: NowSound
Caption: Béla Bartók & Jennifer Higdon
Examining parallels between the Concerto for Orchestra by Jennifer Hidgon and that of her great model, Béla Bartók

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 57:55
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
RPM Podcast #014: “Mesoamerica”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In the 14th episode of the RPM Podcast, host Ostwelve speaks with two musical architects of the Mexican Indigenous revival - Yaotl of Aztlan Underg...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KDNK


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #013: “Motherhood”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In Episode 13, RPM looks at Indigenous motherhood and music.

Bought by KZYX and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #011: “Music is the Medicine”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our 11th episode, we talk with one of the hardest working musicians on Turtle Island – Mohawk blues-rocker Derek Miller.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:40
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #010: “Electric Pow Wow”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island have been dancing and drumming for generations but, in the 21st century, that rhythmic spirit is finding ne...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #009: “Indigenous Rock”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In episode nine, RPM turns up the volume on Indigenous rock music, from metal to punk.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #008: “Singer-Songwriters”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our eighth episode, the great oral tradition of our Indigenous cultures thrives in 21st century song.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:37
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #007: “Native Hip-Hop”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Hip-hop is one of the most popular musical genres in Indian Country. In our seventh episode, we explore why the art of hip-hop is such a strong for...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #006: “Six Nations”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the s...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 2
Gems of Bluegrass #1138 Banjo Sea Change
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
: Folk traditions such as bluegrass evolve over time. But evolution is sometimes hastened by a great idea. When Earl Scruggs unveiled his syncopate...

Bought by WDVX and WAMU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Show 1: Dylan as Poet
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Introduction to this series on Bob Dylan's Poetics with focus on "To Ramona"

Bought by WCNY, Prairie Public, RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 12
Show 8: Myths
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan Debunks False Myths

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:01:55
  • Purchases: 6
Show 7: Love Songs Part II
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Extends part 6 by looking at "Visions of Johanna"

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 6
May Your Days
From: Julie Shapiro
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Ghana sounds like everything you might imagine, and some things you never could.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2008
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 2