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Backwoods Bunny Fight is a string band that doesn't like to be defined by genre... They bring their instruments into Studio A to perform and talk ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Mezz Mezzrow
In 1946 Milton Mezzrow, otherwise known as Mezz, wrote a tell all book about his experiences with jazz in the 1920s and '30s.

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of "The Live Feed" we visit the St. Mane Theatre in Lanesboro MN for the community variety show, "Over The Back Fence". September's...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:16:23
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MAKS THE FOX, a band from Chicago brings their style of orchestral pop to WNIJ's Studio A. They also discuss their recent album, "From the Deer Fo...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Saturn and Cassini, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The great Cassini spacecraft has a year to go before it plunges into the ringed planet. Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with more amazing m...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
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Kendra Swanson, originally from Freeport, IL brings her acoustic guitar and banjo into Studio A to perform her style of original soulful folk. She...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Rockford's own PINK BEAM talks with host Carl Nelson about their pop sensibilities with regards to songwriting, and influences. They also perform s...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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EGi, a "progressive jam-rock" band from the NW suburbs of Chicago has been busy lighting up festival stages this summer. They also recently releas...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Brother & sister, Alex and Francis White, a duo from Chicago form the band White Mystery. They perform songs from their new album, and talk about ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Hungry Mountain, a band from the suburbs of Chicago performs songs from their newest album, "Weird Pills". They also discuss songwriting and, reco...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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The Great Influence Machine, a band that covers a wide range of genres from funk, to ska, klezmer, prog-rock — even a hint of carnival music thrown...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Jazz Dance
The spontaneous enthusiasm of jazz brought exuberance to the dance floor in the 1920s.

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Taboo Blah Blah, a Rockford-area folk/rock hybrid band performs original songs, and discusses their sound and songwriting.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: 1920s flapper
Here are a few of the many stories surrounding the term jazz.

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A set of very bad poetry reflected by some not so bad music.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:16
  • Purchases: 1
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts return with opening night productions, following the end of the Metropolitan Opera season. This week we prese...

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  • Length: 03:49:42
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On this episode, we will discuss the rules of bringing instruments on airplanes and the problems that musicians have had with bringing their instr...

Bought by KSKQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Artistic rendering of Planet 9 with the distant Sun in the background., Credit: Caltech / R. Hurt (IPAC)
Our live conversation about “Planet 9” and the amazing diversity of our solar system, featuring Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of Caltech, Senio...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
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Have you heard the new Iggy Pop album, Post Pop Depression? Not only is it one of the best records of the year, it’s also one of his greatest albu...

Bought by WKMS, KUCB, KSRQ, WLPR , KSUT and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 6
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Author Nicholas Stanton, Rapper Thraxxup, and The Revenant, now a major motion p...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Frances, Leah, Ilona, and Madi at Hurray For Books! bookstore in Alexandria
It was supposed to be the perfect year...until Lucy's Chinese great aunt arrived. Things went downhill from there. These readers from Alexandria, V...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:55
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On this new episode of Rock School, we are gonna discuss the times when you think a song title is one thing and it turns out it is something else. ...

Bought by KSKQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the fabulous Chicago stride pianist, Paul Asaro, who joyously explores the music of Fats Waller, Jelly Ro...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Craig Finn talks about the difference between making music with The Hold Steady and making music on his own, as well as how his attitude has change...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Skiffle Band
Early jazz musicians experimented with an array of instrumentation including the kazoo, washboard, jug, hot fountain pin, goofus and comb. They als...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1