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Rayland Baxter Interview: Country Fried Rock #1523
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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Rayland Baxter grew up in Nashville, with a songwriter & pedal steel playing dad, but it wasn't until a lacrosse injury in college sidelined the yo...

Bought by KRPS and WSLR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Flying with Dolly Jacobs!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dolly Jacobs, Credit: Richard Czina
Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For aerialist and 2015 National Heritage Fellow, Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.

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


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Kevin McKenzie of American Ballet Theatre
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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American Ballet Theatre received the first grant ever given by the National Endowment for the Arts. We talk about that long and fruitful relationship.

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


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
Meet Dan Sheehy who has spent his life in folk and traditional arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dan Sheehy, Credit: Ashlee Duncan
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...

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


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Todd Grebe: Country Fried Rock Radio Show #1518
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Citizen by Todd Grebe & Cold Country, Credit: Official Album Cover
Alaska-native, Todd Grebe, knows about Cold Country — not just the weather, but his band. After years playing music more influenced by bluegrass t...

Bought by KHNS, KRPS, KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vicente Gutierrez, the publisher and editor of Highway: Making it Work
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.

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


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Howard Herring: Reimagining the presentation of classical music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: New World Symphony, Credit: Courtesy of New World Symphony
The CEO of The New World Symphony creates music presentations for the 21st century.

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


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Folk Family Revival Interview: Country Fried Rock #1517
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waterwalker by Folk Family Revival, Credit: Official Album Cover
Less folk, more family for Waterwalker, the latest album from a family band from Texas, Folk Family Revival.

Bought by KRPS, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Disability/Arts Advocate Simi Linton talks about the arts and ADA
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simi Linton
This week, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act with Simi Linton: She wants Equality, Justice, and a Place on the Danc...

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


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Novelist Rebecca Makkai: Writing, Art, and Families
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Author Rebecca Makkai, Credit: Philippe Matsas
From beautifully-crafted short fiction to page-turning gothic novels, Rebecca Makkai puts art at the heart of her work.

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Great Peacock Interview #1516
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Great Peacock, Making Ghosts, Credit: Official Album Cover
Great Peacock write Southern indie anthems: instant crowd sing-alongs with a distinctly modern flair.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Year of October Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Year of October, Golden Days, Credit: Official Album Cover
What happens when you actually listen to a band suggested by a music discovery algorithm? Rarely, you get lucky.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Director Donald Sanders--Making a Life on the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ensemble for the Romantic Century blends chamber music with fully staged dramas and changes both theater and concerts in the process. Don Sanders i...

Bought by WABE, WNJR, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Filmmaker Jilann Spitzmiller documents the magic of creativity at the Lillian Booth Actors’ Home
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jilann Spitzmiller, Credit: Genevieve Russell
In her documentary, Still Dreaming, Jilann Spitzmiller films octogenarian actors taking on a full production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's D...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WNJR, and WABE


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Oud-player and composer Rahim AlHaj prisoner, exile, and brilliant musician
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rahim AlHaj, Credit: Dan Merlo
Rahim AlHaj is quite simply one of the best oud players in the world. In this broadcast, Rahim performs and shares his story of leaving Iraq and c...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WABE, WMMT, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Lilly Hiatt Interview: Country Fried Rock #1514
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Lilly Hiatt, Royal Blue, Credit: Official Album Cover
Lilly Hiatt moves forward on her second album, Royal Blue. Her father, noted songwriter John Hiatt, wisely encouraged her to find her own path in ...

Bought by KKRN, KRPS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Author and MacArthur Fellow Edwidge Danticat talks about her memoir
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Edwidge Danticat, Credit: Jonathan Demme
In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sam Lewis Interview: Country Fried Rock #1513
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Waiting On You by Sam Lewis, Credit: Official Album Cover
Country soul songwriter, Sam Lewis, has shared the stage with legends like Marty Stuart, but its his crop of friends in the emerging roots music wo...

Bought by KKRN, WLPR , and KRPS


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll
2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Hollis Brown Interview: Country Fried Rock #1512
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Hollis Brown *3 Shots*, Credit: Official Album Cover
Brooklyn band, Hollis Brown, takes their name from the Bob Dylan song, then goes electric with their indie rock sensibility.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ukrainian folk textile artist Vera Nakonechny traces her artistic journey.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vera Nakonechny, Credit: Yury Nakonechny
Ukrainian embroiderer, weaver and bead worker Vera Nakonechny keeps a traditional culture alive.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Poet Dan Vera translates the immigrant experience
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his recent book, Speaking Wiri Wiri, poet Dan Vera brings light and often laughter to the immigrant experience.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Bones of JR Jones Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Dark Was The Yearling official album cover, Credit: The Bones of JR Jones
Don't let the one-man band fool you, The Bones of Jr Jones play the blues.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3