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JazzStories: Warren Wolf
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I did a lot of practicing with my dad. We were practicing five days a week Monday through Friday for 90 minutes a day starting at the age of 3 up ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 14:23
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
JazzStories: Mulgrew Miller
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Art of the Independent Filmmaker of "Numb", Philip Lawrence
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we have the opportunity to visit with the filmmaker who was the subject of his own documentary. Philip Lawerence was on the medic...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 38:28
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Reid Anderson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Stefon Harris
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When I started to play jazz... I started in the middle. I wanted to play Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and all of that stuff first... When I started c...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Mary Halvorson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 18:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Porch Swing: Episode 103
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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A woman finds refuge at a shelter for big cats; It's tough being a very tall person in a very small world; A chance encounter proves serendipitous ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 22:21
A Eulogy for Preston Bus Station
From: Kieron Yates
Caption: Preston Bus Station, Credit: Bernie Blackburn
Preston Bus Station is considered one of the finest examples of British "Brutalist" architecture. Built in 1969 at the time of its construction it ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 15:00
JazzStories: Christian McBride
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 4
Moving Closer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 31: Learning (and failing to learn)
From: Cate Morrison
Series: The Beauty Salon
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Education both successful and failed, the sound of education and a taste of Beauty Salon Live!

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
(E)motion Picture
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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How do musicians come up with the scores for Hollywood blockbuster films? Mark Graham, seasoned music preparation supervisor, reveals the hectic be...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
For the Love of Chocolate!
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Chocolate!, Credit: Sierra Ponthier
You may be surprised to find out that there is much more to chocolate than what Willy Wonka reveals! Sierra Ponthier takes you on a journey to fin...

Bought by Prairie Public, WTJU, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
Corn Mo Portrait
From: Jamie Courville
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Corn Mo has had an amazing career as a performer but still continues to fly under the radar.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Guy Clark on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We sat down with Guy in his Nashville studio to talk about songwriting and creativity

Bought by KPIP-LP, KUAF Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
NEA Jazz Moments with Eddie Palmieri
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, EDDIE PALMIERI. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
Culturology: Guido's Arts Review - Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Steve Downing AKA Guido
Steve Downing reflects on the highly positive nature of the existence and effects of Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Jack Sanders
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Jack Sanders, Credit: Cathy Byrd
Cathy Byrd speaks with Austin-based Jack Sanders about slow architecture and his Design Build Adventure projects.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:47
Fresh Talk: Land Arts of the American West
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Land Arts of the American West 2011 participants, Credit: Joe DeMarco
Cathy Byrd drives to Lubbock, Texas, to meet with professor Chris Taylor and architecture students who participated in Land Arts of the American We...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda about how she's benefited from High School Art Curriculum
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In th...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Arrangement In Gray and Black"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Arrangement In Gray and Black." The Beat is a daily reminder that...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Bonus Track: Bill O'Neill Poetry Reading Uncut
From: nancy udell
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Here is the uncut recording of Bill O'Neill's poetry reading at Collected Works earlier this year. This track accompanies this week's show -- The S...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 23:18
The Sagebrush Lizard: Legislator/Poet Bill O'Neill
From: nancy udell
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I talk to legislator/poet Bill O'Neill -- nicknamed the Sagebrush Lizard by republicans at the Roundhouse

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Nicholas Herrera: The Santero of El Rito
From: nancy udell
Caption: Nicholas Herrera
Nicholas Herrera is a contemporary artist whose art builds on and expands the traditional art of the Northern New Mexico Santero. I visited with hi...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:11

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