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Musician's Spotlight - Branford Marsalis - 848
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis visits with host John Floridis to talk about his 40 year career as a performer, recording artist, actor ...

Bought by WZRE, WMUU-LP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight - Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin - 847
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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A special Musician's Spotlight featuring two multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriters, Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn. The two artists have ha...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Hip-Hop and Arts Education
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Emmett Phillips, Credit: Jennifer Marquez of JamsCreative Photography
Teaching artist Emmett Phillips discusses the dynamic arts education programming he creates through hip-hop.

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Jeffrey Foucualt 2023 - 846
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his most recent release "Deadstock....

Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Tony Bennett - I will do this for the rest of my life
From: Sedge Thomson
Caption: Tony Bennett and Sedge Thomson on West Coast Live, Freight and Salvage venue, Berkeley, CA Nov 14, 1998
Tony Bennett was one of the greats, and his relaxed modesty gives us insight to the values he held to keep singing, despite "the bobbing and weavin...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 22:00
Gil Rose--A Voice for Contemporary Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Gil Rose, Credit: Kevin Condon
A conversation with Gil Rose who founded and heads three organizations-- the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera and BMOP/Sound—t...

Bought by WSLR, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Conversation with a Former Singing Sergeant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ann Meier Baker, Credit: Courtesy of Chorus America
Meet former Singing Sergeant and current Director of Music and Opera at the National Endowment for the Arts Ann Meier Baker—the woman who went to b...

Bought by WRGY, WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrate Black Music Month with NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kenny Garrett, Credit: Jimmy Katz
Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett talks about his life in music.

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Erica Von Kleist and Naomi Moon Siegel Archive Remix Mspot - 842
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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An archival remix of two programs from 2017 and 2018 brings together saxophonist, flutist, singer and composer Erica Von Kleist and Trombonist and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas 2023 - 841
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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World renowned Nuvo traditional Scottish music duo fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas return to Musician's Spotlight after 15 years t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:17
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Theo Katzman - 840
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Katzman visits with host John Floridis. Katzman, known for both his solo work as well as his cont...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - Sara Gazarek - 838
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy nominated jazz singer Sara Gazarek joins host John Floridis for conversation about her beginnings in music during her youth in Seat...

Bought by WMUU-LP and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering the Jazz Legend Ahmad Jamal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ahmad Jamal, Credit: Dl Media
In this 2012 interview, the recently-deceased NEA Jazz Master pianist Ahmad Jamal talks about his celebrated career.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., New England Public Media, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Lunasa - 836
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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One of the most popular and successful traditional Irish music groups in the world, Lunasa is featured here on their first Musician's Spotlight. Fl...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dusty Ray Simmons
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Dusty Ray Simmons, the multi-instrumentalist and soul singer-songwriter hailing from Richmond, VA, joins me as my esteemed guest. During our conver...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Meet Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louis Hayes, Credit: Janette Beckman
Drummer and 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes talks about his long and distinguished career as a musician.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Big Sky City Lights - 831
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter collaborators Nick Spear and Susan O'Dea, together known as Big Sky City Lights join host John Floridis to discuss the origins of...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Musician's Spotlight - Seamus Egan 2022 - 828
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed Irish American multi instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about his most recent recording pro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
A Lesson in Hill Country Blues with Cedric Burnside
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cedric Burnside, Credit: Stephen Payne
Hill Country Blues Musician, Songwriter and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Cedric Burnside talks about bringing his musical roots to the 21st century.

Bought by WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
A Look at Leonard Bernstein's Broadway Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMPG, WDCB, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight - Antonio Sanchez - 827
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award winner, the composer of the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film "Birdman" and one of the most respected drummers in any gen...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Colin Cutler and Dr. Bacon
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Colin Cutler is an Americana and roots, guitar and banjo driven singer-songwriter based in Greensboro, NC. We discuss the juxtaposition between h...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:22