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Celebrating Leonard Bernstein on Broadway
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein, Credit: Al Ravenna, 1955, courtesy of the Library of Congress
After Leonard Bernstein, Broadway was not the same…. Composer and commentator Rob Kapilow shows us why.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 43:29
  • Purchases: 1
Centennial Celebration: ODJB
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
February 26, 1917 marks the date of the first recording of jazz. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band had the honor to be the first, but even that was ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grace Notes
From: Capital Public Radio
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World War I was a real blow to the European musical community. They were utterly unprepared for the war’s cruelty, and composers found it difficult...

Bought by WVTF, KHNS, and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
WWII Army Musician Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Homer Parce playing the cornet at his home., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Hard Times, Great Music?
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Volatility on Wall Street, talk of a double dip recession---bad news for the markets. But good news for music? During times like these, we witness...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Texas Soul Power
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Today we'll honor some of the best known soul musicians from around the Lone Star State - as well as some hidden gems. Austin-based music journali...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:22
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring ZZ Top, Wooden Birds, Crooks, Earle & Nash
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:07
Texas Music Matters featuring Joe King Carrasco, The Guacamole Queen, Larry Lange, Texas Top 5
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll talk with Travis Stimeling, author of “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks,” about the music that transform...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 57:30
Texas Music Matters featuring Arcade Fire, T-Bone Walker, Amy Cook
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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During this edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin’s Amy Cook takes on Janes Addiction, Suzanna Choffel debuts a new album, and we take on a new un...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring Adele, Iron and Wine, Monarchs, Fresh Millions
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features the unreleased music of Birmingham/Austin rockers Monarchs, also Adele covers a Sam Cooke classic in Austin's historic Studio 1A, Paul McC...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 53:32
Texas Music Matters featuring Nakia, Steve Earle, My Morning Jacket, David Grissom
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features the music of Blues-belter Nakia as well as Steve Earle, Athens' Of Montreal, Austin guitar-legend David Grissom, Texas rockers The Couch, ...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
"Man In The Mirror: Reflecting On How Man Reflected On MJ"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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PERFORMANCE ARTIST, KANENE HOLDER, WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SPONTANEOUSLY GATHERED OUTSIDE OF HARLEM’S FAMED APOLLO THEATERN FOR AN IMPRO...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 57:43
Return to Camelot PT. 2
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
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As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Return to Camelot, PT. 3
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
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In a matter of moments, hope and joy turns to despair and sorrow.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:05
Return to Camelot, PT. 4
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
Caption: Marion Anderson sings at President Kennedy's memorial service
In the months following President Kennedy's assassination, musicians and composers the world over expressed their sorrow through music

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
How Long Must I Dream: Roy Orbison
From: KUT
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You know his music, now get to know the man behind these classic songs.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KUPR low power FM, Radio New Zealand, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 55:35
  • Purchases: 12
Club 47/Passim
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Recorded at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square on the 50th anniversary of the day the Club 47 opened in 1958, the program (in the best of folk t...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMNF, Chris Boros, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 4
Live from Aroma Thyme Bistro
From: Joe Bevilacqua
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stories, songs and poems about love performed before a live audience

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:34
Stravinsky @ 1-2-5: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1
#6: Igor Stravinsky: The End of the End
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Igor Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles, from the beginning to the end

  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 17:29
#5: Igor Stravinsky and the Art of the Miniature
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Beloved for his full-length ballets, Stravinsky also created a surprising array of very short pieces for orchestra

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 16:24
#3: Hang Time with Igor at Post 43
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The unusual setting where Igor Stravinsky conducted many of his recordings -- Hollywood Post 43 of the American Legion

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 16:18
Buddy Holly Profile
From: KUT
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A profile of Buddy Holly on his 70th birthday

Bought by WUAL and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
I Fought the Law
From: KUT
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a profile of songwriter Sonny Curtis, his song "I Fought the Law," and its influence on rock 'n roll

  • Added: May 11, 2006
  • Length: 05:50
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
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Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8