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Caption: Courtney Burton, Credit: Tera Gerardin
Vocalist Courtney Burton and the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra perform distinctive holiday shows. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Courtney ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Courtney Burton, Credit: Tera Gerardin
Vocalist Courtney Burton leads the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra in four holiday shows this season. Catch the act at 7pm Thursday December 21 at...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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One of my very first pieces ever: A chronicle of my adventures doing sound for an Elvis Tribute Artist and a large ish gospel Church in Madison WI....

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Tonight on The Sound, we dive into Honkytonks & Hangovers released in 2020. The Federales, based out of Minneapolis are an Americana band with it's...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:30
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My parents, Randy and Vicki, were high school sweethearts in the 1960s, but they broke up when my mom went off to college. Twenty years later their...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:48
Caption: LaChandra, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - LaChandra is a recording artist and owner of the beauty salon Posh by LaChandra, located in New York City. In the late 1980s, LaChandra re...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Melba Moore, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: :56
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Johnny D and Bacpac's Arizona Sound series 6 of 6. Johnny touches on his activities from 1980 to today, mentioning radio stations K-15, KUKQ, KEYX,...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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Sandip Roy says goodbye to Peter Mayhew. Also known as Chewbacca.

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Snap Judgment
Little girls, traveling dogs and men who save strangers from disaster ... heroes come in all shapes and sizes on the Snap Judgment 2018 Gratitude ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
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Music referring to Africa plus Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, Mingus and some others from my youth as an uninvited guest (more like a pest) at radio ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:35:35
Caption: Ciprian Porumbesco, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
The Romanian Colinde (co-LEEN-day) project features singers from the Minneapolis Romanian-American Community, partnering with Orkestar Bez Ime, (OR...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
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"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of..." Radio has been a tonic for almost half-a-century. I have radio obligations to fu...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:52:34
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It was a classic New Orleans ad hoc lunch at the corner bar, three hours of talk, laugh, drink, eat and repeat. Bar owner, Donna and Charlie plus ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:24:04
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The Wood Brothers have spent a lifetime singing to strangers, which is what makes the leadoff track to their disc Paradise so entertaining. It’s c...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 3
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Sometimes a love is written as just a honky tonk song.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
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The imaginary travails of myself reacting to rude patrons making noise with candy wrappers, cell phones, and other rude behavior in public movie th...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
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My Uncle Harry died in World War II, before I was born. What I didn’t know was where he died, in a secret battle in the Aleutian Islands.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:51
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Gail describes her recent visit to an Irish bar in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2013
  • Length: 15:20
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On December 17, 2012 the British born actress and director ANN FOSKETT became the 36th castaway on "Desert Island Discs". Ann's recent directing c...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:02
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On September 3rd our castaway was Ruby Simkoff, who since 1990 has been one of the most recognized voices on WMPG Radio in Portland, Maine. Ruby ho...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:22:44
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An interview format show about music on AM radio in the 60's.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 52:19
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A ten year old summer camper runs and loses the race of his life. To hear Doc's show, click on the INTRO and 2 MIN links below. It takes a couple...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ian Williams
Songwriter Ian Williams discusses his approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra, inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know, Richard Hammergren WSU jazz WSU professor and professional musician stops by to update us on The Black Tie Jazz ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:30