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Musician's Spotlight - Caitlin Canty - 684
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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The San Francisco Chronicle calls singer songwriter Caitlin Canty’s alto a “casually devastating voice” and NPR says her music mixes “a gritty side...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMXT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight - Allison Miller - 683
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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New York based drummer/composer/bandleader Allison Miller has been creating a buzz for her work over the last decade having been named “Rising Star...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Meet 2018 National Heritage Fellows musicians Don and Cindy Roy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Don and Cindy Roy, Credit: Molly Haley
French-American music is thriving in Maine and Don and Cindy Roy have a lot to do with that!

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lotus 2015, tUnE-yArDs, , Credit: Steve Cox
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival may be global but it has deep roots in Bloomington, Indiana.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates 2018 NEA Jazz Master Todd Barkan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Todd Barkan, Credit: Shannon Finney
It's a jazzy show as impressario Todd Barkan remembers his life with the music and musicians.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates musician Artemio Posadas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Artemio Posadas, Credit: Maria Virginia Prieto Solis
National Heritage Fellow Artemio Posadas has devoted his life to keeping the Mexican musical tradition of son huasteco vibrant. We learn about Pos...

Bought by WCPN and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaelynn Lea: Breaking Down Barries & Creating Social Change
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Gaelynn Lea is a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a woman living with a disability. Since the age of 2, her electric wheelchair has moved her...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 17:28
The National Endowment for the Arts talks with rapper Dessa about the intersection of music and science
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dessa, Credit: Bill Phelps
Rapper Dessa explores her broken heart at the intersection of science and music

Bought by WMPG, WMPG, WNJR, and WUTC


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight Extra Segments- Iron and Wine- 665
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight Extra Segments
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Sam Beam of Iron and Wine discusses his philosophy for choosing cover tunes to inhabit. From his interview in November, 2017 for Musician's Spotlig...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 06:18
The Future of Music (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw - What happens when our musical heroes die? - Bringing rock 'n' roll into the class...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Music (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw - What happens when our musical heroes die? - Bringing rock 'n' roll into the class...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCWP and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:28
  • Purchases: 12
The Future of Music (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, KMUN, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Musician's Spotlight - John Lenti - 663
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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John Lenti's playing on theorbo, lute, archlute, and baroque guitar has been described as “a joy to behold” (Seattle Times) and praised for its “nu...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Native American music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bryan Akipa, Credit: Tom Pich
2016 National Heritage Fellow and Dakota flute player and maker Bryan Akipa is reinvigorating a First Nation musical tradition.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 1
We've Got To Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Vietnam Special)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates folk art in America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Thomas Maupin, Credit: Gary Hamilton
2017 National Heritage Fellow buck dancer Thomas Maupin lets his feet do the talking.

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCNY, KVCR, KVSC, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 19
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to Vietnam

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Soundtrack to Vietnam (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates jazz great Sonny Rollins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: John Abbott
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.

Bought by KWMR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates Jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ira Gitler, Credit: Frances McLaughlin-Gill
Meet Ira Gitler: Jazz writer, historian, critic and 2017 NEA Jazz Master

Bought by RADIOLEX, WMPG, KREV-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Renée Fleming: Music's Ability to Heal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Renee Fleming with Hartmut Hoell, Credit: Bob Millard
Renée Fleming along with other musicians and scientists look at the remarkable ability of music to make us whole.

Bought by KZUM, KVNF, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Credit: Thomas Wolf
Dana Tai Soon Burgess choreographs the American Experience.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 1