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The Live Feed at MWMF 2015: North Light Songwriter Showcase 3
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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The North Lights Singer Songwriter Showcase was a new event at the 2015 MWMF. It was a gathering of 8 accomplished songwriters from MN, WI and Iowa...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:13:29
Squonk Opera Revealed!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Pneumatica" created and performed by Squonk Opera, Credit: John Altdorfer
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera with artistic directors and founders, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, KPVL, WABE, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Wayne Henderson: Making and Playing Guitars
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Wayne Henderson, Credit: Tom Pich
Luthier, guitarist and 1995 national Heritage Fellow Wayne Henderson discusses his distinctive guitars and his distinctive sound.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, WNJR, KPVL, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
A conversation with a Singing Sergeant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: FormerSinging Sergeant Ann Meier Baker
Ann Meier Baker crawled under barbed to get a chance to perform professionally.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Rock Star's Early Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This weeks episode talks about the the early bands of people you know and see how they started. Some musicians include Freddie Mercury, Billy Joel...

Bought by WOUB and KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Where Did You Come From? (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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“Where Did You Come From?” is the title of the first track on Suz Slezak’s upcoming collection of lullabies Watching the Nighttime Come. Slezak and...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Where Did You Come From? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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“Where Did You Come From?” is the title of the first track on Suz Slezak’s upcoming collection of lullabies Watching the Nighttime Come. Slezak and...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRDP, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
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Sister Rosetta Tharp electrified 1930s audiences with her singing and guitar playing. "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" influenced the music of Elv...

Bought by KZUM, KISA Digital Studios, Interlochen Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 23
A Conversation with ETHEL founding members Dorothy Lawson and Ralph Farris
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: ETHEL, Credit: James Ewing
Believing that music is a unifying force, the string quartet ETHEL has joined forces with musicians across genres and regions. The result is musica...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Irish Fiddler Seamus Connolly
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Seamus Connolly, Credit: Lee Pellegrini, Boston College
It's a tuneful podcast as we go to the heart of Irish music with 2013 National Heritage Fellow Seamus Connolly.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Jennifer Pickering-Founder and director of Lake Eden Arts Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Boukman Eksperyans, Credit: Courtesy of LEAF
For Jennifer Pickering, all art is both local and global and LEAF is that philosophy in action.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
FADING GIGOLO -- John Turturro Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: John Turturro, San Francisco, CA 4/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Turturro talks comedy, lying, and the truth of being human.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
A conversation with Keith Jarrett
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Keith Jarrett, Credit: Rose Anne Colavito
Pianist Keith Jarrett - letting the music happen.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 34:27
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp Turns 100 -- Anita Monga and Timothy Brock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Anita Monga and Timothy Brock talk the difference between live and recorded music, the surprises lurking in archives, and why being fired by Chapli...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
10 Cents a Dance (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stephen Holden
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) New York Times music and film critic Stephen Holden covered the 1970s singer/...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Howard Smith interviews Joe Cocker 11/21/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 4 - Woodstock, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Joe Cocker, Nov. 21st, 1969. Riding on his new success from Woodstock, Cocker and his band return to the US for a qui...

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Howard Smith interivews Eric Clapton 10/24/1970
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 1 - Fillmore East, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Eric Clapton, Oct. 24, 1970. Clapton's new band, Derek & the Dominos, will play the Fillmore East immediately followi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Opera Singer
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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John Aler made his operatic debut in 1977 as Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Since then, he’s performed in some of the greatest opera houses i...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WCWP, WABE, and WTJU


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 5
Marilyn & Alan Bergman
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Marilyn and Alan Bergman are a legendary power couple in American popular music. They penned the themes for classic network TV series Alice, Good T...

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


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Big Broadcast: Ray Wylie’s Grits and Fresh Hits from Austin
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Poet, Songwriter, DJ, and festival organizer-- Ray Wylie Hubbard stops by to play music and talk about Grit n’ Groove. Also, how musicians are batt...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jake Shimabukuro
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Jake Shimabukuro has carried the sound of the ukulele from Hawaiian shores to...

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


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gloria Gaynor
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) Gloria Gaynor is best known for her sensational 1978 hit, “I Will Survive,” w...

Bought by KISU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bette Midler
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Singer, actress, and comedian Bette Midler is Feinstein’s guest for an hour of pure radio fun. Midler unpacks stories and favorite tunes from her r...

Bought by WYAP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., High Plains Public Radio, Classic107.3, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 11
Liza Minnelli
From: South Carolina Public Radio
Series: Song Travels with Michael Feinstein News Friendly Version
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Born into Hollywood royalty, Liza Minnelli has made her own name on the stage and screen. Her role in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Classic107.3, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 12