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Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - Does your theme song, should you have one, send the proper message?
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:08
Risky Video
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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18-year old Sam manages to land his first date, with a girl whose name is also Sam. Porn and ice cream are involved, and things gets messy (not li...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:41
Centerstage Minnesota: Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug of Atmosphere and Rhymesayers Entertainment talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Atmosphere
Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug from Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere and record label Rhymesayers Entertainment talks with Charlie Pulkrabek about the...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mory's Temple Bar: An Audio Postcard
From: Cuchulain Kelly
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Mory's Temple Bar is more than just a New Haven restaurant - it's a Yale University tradition. The story of Mory's goes hand-in-hand with the story...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
Keepin' It Real
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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Sam recalls the first time he heard the sweet sounds of Virginia Coalition.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:45
The Beat: Anthony Swann - "Beethoven Mad In The Steets"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
Centerstage Minnesota: Sasha Mercedes has a conversation with Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Sasha Mercedes, Credit: Rachel Schroeder
Sasha Mercedes is a talented singer/songwriter that grew up in northern Minnesota, and currently makes her home in Minneapolis. Her story is very i...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Audio Postcard: Zombie Fest. DIY punk show in Kazakhstan
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: Zombie Fest, Credit: Alex Stonehill, The Seattle Globalist
Audio postcard from DIY punk music festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Gretchen Parlato
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 4
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: George Wein
From: Murray Street Productions
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George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, has created countless festivals worldwide and can be connected to every important jazz musician ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Ike Reynolds
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of September (9/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped establish the first Baptist mus...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:43
JazzStories: Benny Golson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"...This country lookin' guy was standing there in the door, waiting for me to tell him what to do. So I said, 'play something!' He took out his ...

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


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz and Public Diplomacy
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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He wasn’t political about it. He didn’t particularly talk about politics and stuff. He did it his own way. He didn’t have to talk about that. All h...

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


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 11:34
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Erica von Kleist
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Erica von Kleist
“Essentially Ellington…really made me feel like I could be part of something bigger, musically. Meeting all these other young people from around th...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
Busking In Vegas - The Journey Of Marc Drama
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Busking on Freemont Street, Credit: Ciaron Mullarkey
Competing with all the lights and noise - it takes a brave person to busk in Las Vegas - but armed with just an acoustic guitar and his lungs, Marc...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Trampled By Turtles' Tim Saxhaug talks to Travis Ryder
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Trampled By Turtles, Credit: Lindsay McWilliams
Trampled By Turtles' bassist and Grand Rapids native Tim Saxhaug talks to Travis Ryder about the new record "Stars and Satellites" and the whirlwin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Pinetop Perkins' Legacy Continues: Meet Tomorrow's Blues Greats
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, MS, Credit: Mitchell Koester
Pinetop Perkins wanted to leave a legacy to the youth, so he created the Pinetop Perkins Master Workshops to further deepen the young musicians' kn...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
A Little Dinner Music
From: Radio K
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Of our five senses, sound and taste might not seem to have that much in common. But if you ever find yourself at a fast food joint that blasts the...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
Episode 3: A Poet's Tree
From: Astoria Sojourner
Series: Handmade Radio
Caption: "Whispers" Tendrilic wires > Reaching for infinity > Connect me to you, Credit: Eric Bishop 2012
In celebration of National Poetry Month, 12 poets are featured with their original works. Stori Sojourner stitches the poems together to create the...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Barry Harris and Billy Higgins – The Majesty of Tap
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Barry Harris, Billy Higgins
In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Bill Frisell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I had moved to New York and spent a couple of years here scuffling around. I was getting a little discouraged, playing a lot of weddings. It wasn'...

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


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:41
  • Purchases: 3

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