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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 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
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
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
The National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates jazz with Dick Hyman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dick Hyman, Credit: Nick Michael
Pianist and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman is a musical shape-shifter.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Bassist Dave Holland talks about his life in jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dave Holland, Credit: Ulli Gruber
The National Endowment for the Arts speak with bassist and NEA Jazz MAster Dave Hollnd

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Irish Music and talk with Fiddler Liz Carroll
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Liz Carroll , Credit: Knuff Photography
Fiddler and National Heritage Fellow demonstrates Irish music for The National Endowment for the Arts

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WTJU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
National Endowment for the Arts interviews Irish Step Dancer Kevin Doyle
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Doyle, Credit: Tom Pich
2014 National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle talks about his life-long passion for dance.

Bought by WMPG, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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 Seamus Connolly.

Bought by 'The Sea', KPIP-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Billy McComiskey plays traditional Irish music at its finest
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Billy McComiskey, Credit: Edwin Remsburg, Remburg Inc.
Accordionist and 2016 National Heritage Fellow Billy McComiskey builds community for traditional Irish music.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 3
Morgan Neville talks about his Academy-Award-winning film Twenty Feet From Stardom
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Twenty Feet from Stardom
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can...

Bought by WTJU, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Here We Come a Caroling (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A cappela group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a milit...

Bought by WABE and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Here We Come a Caroling (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A cappela group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a milit...

Bought by WABE, WCNY, KRPS, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Here We Come a Caroling (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A cappela vocal group Note-Riety on challenging social pressures - Flory Jagoda on keeping Sephardic singing alive - A big night for bagpipes and a...

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN, WLIW, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Lost Vault of Klezmer (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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New discoveries from a lost stash of klezmer recordings are changing what we know about the genre - Working class Americans used to love opera... s...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
The Lost Vault of Klezmer (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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New discoveries from a lost stash of klezmer recordings are changing what we know about the genre - Working class Americans used to love opera... s...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Lost Vault of Klezmer (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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New discoveries from a lost stash of klezmer recordings are changing what we know about the genre - Working class Americans used to love opera... s...

Bought by WJCT, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Solving the Klezmer Mystery (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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After nearly a decade of sleuthing to find the pieces, a groundbreaking album of previously unknown recordings of Jewish klezmer music has been rel...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Actor Nicholas Rodriguez is right at home in musical theater.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nicholas Rodriguez
Nicholas Rodriguez brings classic American musical theater into the 21st century

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: San Fermin
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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San Fermin rounded out their banner year with a deluxe edition of their sophomore record, Jackrabbit, which included their latest single “No Devil....

Bought by KUCB, WLPR , KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Television and Film Composer Dave Porter talks about creating music that tells a story.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: On the set of Better Call Saul, Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Television
Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think: Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Toro y Moi
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Chaz Bundick never meant to be a musician. It was never in his original plan. He wanted to be a graphic designer. But now that he’s blown up as Tor...

Bought by KHNS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
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