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Melody & Rhythm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Johnny Dedroit's Band, Credit: c. 1926
In jazz of the 1920s, melody is defined by improvisation and the blue notes. Rhythm is characterized by syncopation and provided a dynamic foundati...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KCBX, and KWAX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: Mean Girls
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins the battle for school supremacy with the musical adaptation of Mean Girls.

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, WCNY, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
How the Alex Meffert Quartet Gets Ready for a Performance
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
When preparing for a performance, there are many considerations. When Alex sat down with Phil Nusbaum to talk about performing, the talk turned to ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Alex Meffert Quartet Performs at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis Saturday Night
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Alex Meffert Quartet plays this Saturday night, January 20, at jazz Central in Minneapolis. When preparing for a performance, there are many co...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Shelf Discovery: A Disappearance in Magicland by Penny Warner
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins a group of code-busting kids on an amusement park adventure in A Disappearance in Magicland, the seve...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, RADIOLEX, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Reel Discovery: He Went That Way
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin travels the country with a couple of desperate men in the true crime thriller He Went That Way.

Bought by WRMU, RadioStPete Florida, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discovery: Society of the Snow
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a rugby team’s fight to survive the elements after surviving a plane crash in the Andes Mountains in ...

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Three Tenors
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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This is not about opera. Instead, it’s the early history of three pioneering saxophonists 1920s and ‘30s that had a major impact on the future of j...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - Robert B Jones and the Bible Players
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, Reverend Robert B. Jones will tell us about how he was asked to be the pastor of his Detroit congregation, not in ...

Bought by WVPE, KTXK, KSJE, WVPE, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Shelf Discovery: Missing by Savannah Brown
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a teen podcaster on her search for answers to a woman’s decades-old disappearance in Missing by Sav...

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 1/1/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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We are kicking off the year with a big bucketful of music from Alaskan artists! Stop by to hear music from: Marian Call, Matt Hopper and the Roman ...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, Raven Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ben Baird - UK Based Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer - Merlin, Lady Macbeth, Limbo, The Reason I Jump, The Wonder, Scrapper
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Scrapper - BB1 - 1
Ben Baird - UK Based Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer - Merlin, Lady Macbeth, Limbo, The Reason I Jump, The Wonder, Scrapper

Bought by KUT, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Culture Caravan (1/7/24)
From: Julian Booker
Series: Culture Caravan
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The Best of 2023 Pt. 2 episode feat. music by Tuareg guitarist Bombino, Peruvian producer & DJ Sofia Kourtesis, Senegalese kora player Maher Cissok...

Bought by KMXT, Raven Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy by Russ Williams
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a deep dive into her favorite form of exercise with the audio edition of How to Walk Yourself Healthy...

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, KLCC, WRMU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
New Year's Eve in the Windy City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Earl Hines
During the first half of the 1920s, Chicago took center stage in the world of jazz. This era proved to be a highly innovative time for young musici...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDCB, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: The Color Purple
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows the story of one woman’s pain and loss and resilience in The Color Purple.

Bought by WUTC, KKRN, WCNY, WRMU, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Reel Discovery: The Boys in the Boat
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin cheers on the University of Washington’s 1936 rowing team as they rise to greatness in The Boys in the Boat.

Bought by WRMU, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: Ferrari
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows the fight to keep a young car company in business in Ferrari.

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melissa Garcia - Casting Director and Voiceover Artist - The Boy And The World, Tito And The Birds, and Perlimps
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Perlimps - MG1 - 1
Melissa Garcia - Casting Director and Voiceover Artist - The Boy And The World, Tito And The Birds, and Perlimps

Bought by KUT, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Banjo Reissues Optimistic Gospel CD
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Mother Banjo, a.k.a. El...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Mother Banjo Reissues Optimistic Gospel CD and Performs Next Sunday at Icehouse
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. Mother Banjo, a.k.a. Ellen Stanley performs at Icehouse in M...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Reel Discovery: Poor Things
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins a strange young woman on an unexpected adventure in Poor Things.

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: American Fiction
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows an author as his attempt to make a point doesn’t go as planned in American Fiction.

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: The Iron Claw
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the heartbreaking true story of a family of professional wrestlers in The Iron Claw.

Bought by WUTC and WCNY


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reel Discovery: Maestro
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows the decades-long love story between Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, in Maestro.

Bought by WUTC and WCNY


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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