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Radio 586 AZ Roots for 04-10 thru 04-16-19 Show 294
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Program host is Carl Wiman, interviewing Joey Sellers, who certainly has the confidence of a trombonist. Interesting that he is at a a place in pro...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
The Hula Peppers’ Zany Blend of Old Music Styles Comes to the Schooner in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Hula Peppers, Credit: Elizabeth Rowan
The Hula Peppers plays music from a mix of traditions, and all of it predates 1939. Catch the group at the Schooner Tavern in south Minneapolis, We...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 07:59
Full Moon Hacksaw #1673 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02-21-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Starting on the edge is bassist Buster Williams as leader with Donald Harrison and Lenny White BTW. Then we hear acoustic tandem guitars, Strunz an...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw #1668 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01-17-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Syndicated jazz radio from the desert southwest, beaming out now to 24 stations, and of course we name them all on the air. Master Oscar Peterson i...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
Folktale of Midwinter
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Tired of the winter? Ready to laugh in old man winter's face and tell him to take a hike? Then grab the outerwear & take a listen--Here's a folktal...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of the Solstice Season
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Solstice Season, Credit: Julia Meek
This folktale celebrates the dark stretch of the year with musical customs meant to brighten winter's darkest hours.

Bought by WFIU, KLCC, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
Full Moon Hacksaw #1662 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12-06-2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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That Memphis man gone to New York, Harold Mabern, opens our remote broadcast from a local eatery, we negotiate thru Canadian bassist Dave Young thr...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Ben Montgomery - 395
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist Ben Montgomery talks history and unconventional pedestrianism in his book, "The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer's Search fo...

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Michelle Kinney’s Unique Composing Style at Jazz Central in Minneapolis, Friday November 16
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Michelle Kinney, Credit: Kevin Odegaard
Michelle Kinney leads her group What We Have Here into jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis, Friday November 16 at 8:30. Michelle plays the cello an...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Sarah Streitz Sings Pointed Original Songs Reflecting Life’s Experiences
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sarah Streitz, Credit: Chris Hagedorn
You might think the lyrics would be the most important thing to a songwriter. But when Sarah talked to Phil Nusbaum, she said when she writes a son...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Sarah Streitz Sings Her Pointed Original Songs Next Wednesday October 24 at the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sarah Streitz, Credit: Chris Hagedorn
Sarah Streitz Sings Her Pointed Original Songs Next Wednesday October 24 at the Black Dog in St Paul

  • Added: Oct 12, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Folktale of Gatherings
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Gatherings, Credit: Julia Meek
As the old campfire song goes, the more we get together, the happier we'll be...so here's hoping you'll join us this week for the Folktale of Gathe...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, WFIU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
National Writers Series: Margaret Atwood
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
Caption: Margaret Atwood with Doug Stanton
A conversation with bestselling author Margaret Atwood.

Bought by Michigan Radio, KWMR, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
Full Moon Hacksaw #1647 (Hour 1 & 2) - 08/23/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Harmonicist and guitarist Toots Thielemans is pretty well-known in music circles, but Danish legend Svend Asmussen joins him on fiddle for the spir...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KZYX, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Voice of God
From: The Organist
Caption: from The Ancient of Days, Credit: William Blake
Actor and writer Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), director Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World), and voice-over master Peter Coyote (Ken Burn...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:02:18
C18-05 - Program 5 - Jerusalem String Quartet
From: CD Syndications, Vic Muenzer
Series: Center Stage from Wolf Trap 2018
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Jerusalem String Quartet

Bought by WCVE, KMFA, WUFT, KTXK, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Irish Duet Plays the Songs of Midwestern Lumber Workers 100 Years Ago
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Natalie Champa-Jennings
In the old days of lumbering, much of the work was done by immigrants who brought old country music with Brian Miller of the group talked with Phil...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Songs of the old Irish Minnesota Lumber Workers at the Rosemount Library
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Natalie Champa-Jennings
In the old days of lumbering, much of the work was done by immigrants who brought old country music with them to the lumber camps. A duet known as ...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
This Week in Blues History #36 - December 2-8
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile street musician Bongo Joe, who recorded a cult favorite for Arhoolie Records, in 1968.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1619 (Hour 1 & 2) 02/08/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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One hundred miles an hour comes trumpeter Terrell Stafford, Dexter Gordon tempers considerably. We get on an Antonio Carlos Jobim kick, alternating...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WJSU, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1610 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/07/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We hit the jackpot on new releases like New Cool Collective, Joran Cariou Trio and Marcus Daves. Then there’s Jingle Bell Jazz with Lambert/Hendri...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Misfortune
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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It's setbacks, hard knocks and obstacles of every sort we deal w/ on this Folktale of Misfortune--in the finest of musical perspectives. Ready for ...

Bought by WFIU, WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Community Support
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Community Support, Credit: Julia Meek
It's fund raising time in our folkworld, and we're saying hats off to YOU, our public radio family, with this special Folktale of Community Support!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:18:19
  • Purchases: 7
How Patty Fell For The Accordion
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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After White Castle shuttered one of its south Minneapolis locations, Patrick Harison's father bought the building. Instead of selling sliders, the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Drawing Ideas with Roz Chast
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In this audio piece, among other things, we learn how she joined The New Yorker’s staff and how her illustrations are infused with a particular kin...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:26

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