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Dusty Ray Simmons, the multi-instrumentalist and soul singer-songwriter hailing from Richmond, VA, joins me as my esteemed guest. During our conver...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months later, Bob...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 42:01
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We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:26
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For decades, Israeli radio stations ignored Mizrahi tunes and exclusively played music rooted in Ashkenazi traditions. That began to change in the ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:07
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The story of a song that began the music careers of two Israelis each representing vastly different versions of what the future of Israel may hold

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 32:43
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Last February, a former student at Utah State University wrote a Facebook post. She said she’d been raped by an instructor in the piano department,...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 26:53
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Sherry Wang isn't just another teenager balancing good grades with studying for the SAT's and having fun. Instead, on top of all the expected press...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:56
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle, Credit: Tom Corcoran
This edition of Centerstage Minnesota includes a feature on Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle. Music also from Sam Miltich & Clearwater Hot Club, Chas...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:47:35
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Charmin Michelle, Credit: JuliAnne Jonker
In this feature, Charlie Pulkrabek highlight's Twin Cities based Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle. Short excerpts of Sam Miltich interviewing Charmin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Made in the Transom traveling workshop: Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
Caption: John Gorka, Credit: Jos van Vliet
John Gorka's brother Cass had just taught John how to play a few chords when John Gorka began creating his own songs. Hanging around infamous coffe...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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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
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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
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
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Crazy Heart author Thomas Cobb is a professor at Rhode Island College., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
With Crazy Heart winning Academy Awards for best actor and best original song, Rhode Island author Thomas Cobb says the seeds of his book were pla...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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Drummer along San Francisco Embarcadero plays his homemade drum kit everyday for amazed crowds.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
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Short feature about the Mbira, or African thumb piano, for BBC Radio Oxford

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:49
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From Weekend America: In the red corner, a cello. In the blue corner, an alpine horn. A new chamber music series has been launched at a famous New ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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An online mixing board of the ethnically-diverse sounds of the streets on the Lower East Side of Manhattan

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1