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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the music of Beck, which is discussed song by song in a new book that you can bor...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Sep 09, 2023
- Length: 28:42
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...
- Added: Aug 26, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...
- Added: Aug 19, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...
- Added: Aug 12, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode, we talked about "The Names of Minimalism," a new music history book that approaches the genre from the perspective of rivalries an...
- Added: Aug 05, 2023
- Length: 28:00
On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...
- Added: Jul 29, 2023
- Length: 28:19
On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...
- Added: Jul 22, 2023
- Length: 28:27
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 27:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 28:30
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...
- Added: Jun 10, 2023
- Length: 28:35
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...
- Added: Jun 03, 2023
- Length: 27:29
On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...
- Added: May 20, 2023
- Length: 28:29
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...
- Added: May 13, 2023
- Length: 27:30
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.
- Added: Apr 22, 2023
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
A rich, intimate story of family, childhood memories, and rediscovering old photographs and the stories that connect them.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 25, 2021
- Length: 16:36
- Purchases: 1
In 1872, a black school teacher traveled by steamboat from Quincy, IL, to Keokuk, IA, to visit her family. Along the way, she was forcibly removed ...
- Added: Dec 01, 2020
- Length: 05:20
When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 04:40
Washington Post reporter and new Minnesota transplant, Christopher Ingram has written a book about his family's transition from the east coast to r...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Feb 08, 2020
- Length: 05:58
- Purchases: 1
Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa tells us about these prestigious awards.
- Added: Feb 08, 2020
- Length: 13:37
Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.
Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
On this segment of Sound Ecology, Ornithologist Mark Colwell features one of our dynamic coastal residents, the western snowy plover.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 04, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 4
Marine Protected Areas conserve the diversity and abundance of marine life, the habitats they depend on and the integrity of marine ecosystems. Cal...
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 04, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 4
An audio postcard highlighting the magnificent Redwood trees of northwestern California.
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Feb 15, 2017
- Length: 01:57
- Purchases: 2
An audio postcard highlighting nesting murre colonies along the northern California coast. For air during late spring and summer.
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Feb 15, 2017
- Length: 01:58
- Purchases: 2
