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“P.S. to Johnny: I am happy about the baby except the name. Couldn’t we find something a little less far out?”
Rain’s mother dies young, and in a ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 28:30
Beethoven wrote one opera, Fidelio. A 2003 production so captivated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote a letter to the director.
- Added: Dec 11, 2020
- Length: 03:11
Big Ron Hunter is invited inside to eat with his friends.
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 11:08
We cannot replicate his voice, but we can keep his music and his spirit alive. Cambridge Forum celebrates Pete Seeger and the power of music with t...
- Added: Aug 04, 2015
- Length: 28:59
His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 30
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 33
Jazz drummers have got to be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned...
Bought by KMUW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCPN and more
- Added: Feb 09, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 31
Michael Johnson opens up and shares the key to living a happy life. His band's legal troubles hint at larger issues of name and identity, but Micha...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:57
Bertie Pearson is an Episcopal priest in San Francisco. Before becoming a priest, he led two lives: one as a churchgoer, one as a rocker. So he w...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 46:31
The art of opera translation is subtle yet crucial. Get it right, and the audience feels like they’re experiencing the work with as much richness a...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 58:01
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.
Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS
- Added: Aug 14, 2008
- Length: 01:02:25
- Purchases: 5
