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Johnny Mandel
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Legendary composer and arranger Johnny Mandel started out working in the Big Bands of Joe Venuti, Buddy Rich, and Jimmy Dorsey, and later worked as...

Bought by KISU and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Renée Fleming
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Grammy-winning opera star and actress Renée Fleming has performed some of the greatest operatic roles ever written at the world’s leading concert h...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Johnny Mathis
From: South Carolina Public Radio
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Jazz & pop vocalist Johnny Mathis has been wowing listeners since the 1950s with his dynamic voice backed by lush arrangements of ballads like “Cha...

Bought by KMXT and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Patti Austin
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Vocalist Patti Austin made her debut at age four at the Apollo Theatre. In her career she has been a prolific session musician and top performer on...

Bought by Vermont Public, KISU, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Barry Manilow
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Pop icon Barry Manilow got his start arranging for TV and writing commercial jingles. He was Bette Midler’s pianist before he recorded his 1974 bre...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dena Kaye
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Dena Kaye is the only daughter of larger-than-life entertainer Danny Kaye; a man of boundless roles including singer, actor, comedian, humanitarian...

Bought by KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sheldon Harnick
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick has been a pillar of Broadway for over 50 years. His hit musicals include Fiorello!, Fiddler on the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUOW, KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cheyenne Jackson
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Actor/singer Cheyenne Jackson is equally at home on stage and in front of the camera. He won a Theatre World Award for his role in All Shook Up, an...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Thomas Lauderdale
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Pianist Thomas Lauderdale is a co-founder of the eclectic ensemble Pink Martini, which bridges classical, jazz, world music and old fashioned pop. ...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bonjour Chanson , Series 10, Episode 50
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
Caption: Lyon, Red Bridge
A Jubilee Episode, the 50th, in which we bring the diverse world of French Language Popular Music to English speakers. This genre will enrich your ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 25:40
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 162 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Black Country Waterways
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Bonded Warehouse
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Live! Wire Radio Episode 160 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Limns about the new album "Move Around Robots"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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When The Limns performed at the Blue Ox in Bemidji for KBXE's Spread the Love party, I sat down with them before the concert and recorded a convers...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Minneapolis Singer/Songwriter Ben Kyle of Romantica
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Ben Kyle of Romantica by Charlie Pulkrabek Ben Kyle has a lot going on these days. His band Romantica is set to release their highly anticipated t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 32:51
MN Author Tyler Blanski and "Mud and Poetry"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Tyler Blanski is a Minneapolis house painter who is a writer and painter. His book is called "Mud & Poetry - Love, Sex and the Sacred". Tyler grew ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The particular and universal state of mind of libraries is one of random discovery.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has always been overly interested in books, and he tells about some of his favorite libraries.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Libraries
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Last week, Aaron's oldest son signed up for his first Library card... to them, the library is spoken about like a mythical place.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:41
Minneapolis Singer-Songwriter Alicia Corbett
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"Alicia Corbett" by Charlie Pulkrabek. When I first saw Alicia Corbett play, it was about 1993, soon after she’d arrived in Minnesota from norther...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Women of Roller Derby
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby has exploded across northern MN, with the Babe City Rollers in Bemidji, and the Iron Range Maidens. Derby is a very...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMSU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 35:15
  • Purchases: 2
Jake Dilley of Experimental Indie-Rockers The Color Pharmacy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"The Color Pharmacy Fills My Prescription" By Doug MacRostie. The Color Pharmacy is definitely one of the most exciting bands out of Minnesota. The...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 40:36
Genre Defying Jazz Guitarist Todd Clouser
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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"Music is Todd Clouser's Second Language" by Doug MacRostie. Todd Clouser's "A Love Electric" is an instrumental album with a lot to say. For some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 36:09
Joan Steffen and Her Book "...And She Sparkled"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Joan Steffend is a Minnesota native known for her television work – first on KBJR in Duluth then KARE-11 in Minneapolis and on HGTV’s Decorating Ce...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 20:15
The Last Word on Holiday Travel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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There are really only two directions we can travel: back towards the familiar or out into the unknown.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1