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New Neighborhood Quartet Recording Features Contrasting Composing Styles
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Neighborhood Quartet by Benny Moreno, Credit: Benny Moreno
The Neighborhood Quartet is vibraphonist Steve Roehm, Guitarist Dan Schwartz, drummer Greg Schutte and bassist drummer Nick Salisbury. At its album...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 4/15/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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So much good music this week from a diverse set of artists! Ringo Starr is back with a new one as well as the Aussie band, Crowded House - but from...

Bought by KNBA, KSTK, KMXT, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Music Archive Showcase #166 - Celebrating the Late Paul Buckmaster
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Paul Buckmaster
Paul Ingles hosts a music mix special that elevates some of the finest examples or orchestrator and conductor Paul Buckmaster's contributions to so...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
The Spanish Hour 2416: Remembering Guernica
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Detail from Picasso's Gernika (Guernica)
We commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica (April 26, 1937) with “Guernica” Piano Trio number 1 by Octavio Vá...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 35
Songwriter Charlie Maguire Sings Songs Based on Daily Living
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charlie Maguire, Credit: Cheryl Walsh Bellview
Charlie Maguire writes songs that depict people at work, based on lived experiences of himself and others. His original inspiration comes from Wood...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
The artist that defined a venue, the venue that defined an artist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The building that would become First Avenue when it was a Greyhound Bus Stop, Credit: Public domain
It's been 40 years since Prince released Purple Rain. The film and soundtrack made Prince a superstar and turned First Avenue, featured in the Purp...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 05:01
Folk Salad airing 3-31-2024
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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Tonight on Folk Salad we celebrate April Fools, by featuring all songs about "Fools." You would be surprised how many songs that have been written...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Singer Thomasina Petrus Sings with the Selby Avenue Big Band
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Thomasina Petrus and Tom Wells, Credit: Sue Kearns
Tom Wells is the leader of the Selby Avenue Brass Band. Tom has also taught up and coming players at North Community High School in Minneapolis, wh...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Singer Thomasina Petrus Joins the Selby Avenue Big Band for Two Big Shows
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Thomasina Petrus and Tom Wells, Credit: Sue Kearns
Tom Wells, leader of the Selby Avenue Brass Band first met singer Thomasina Petrus when she was studying and he was teaching at North Community Hig...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Blue Dimensions M15: PSA is a jazz trio, not a public service announcement
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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High-energy jazz from the self-titled debut album of PSA; and bassist Brian Bromberg's tribute to bassist Scott LaFaro

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 4/8/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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Wowee! TIM EASTON is our guest this week! He has a new album out next month, we are going to hear the title track, and talk all about his summer to...

Bought by KNBA, KHNS, KTNA, KTOO, KSTK and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Remember, Celebrate, and Sing: Geoffrey Lamar Wilson
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Laamar at First Ave's Best New Bands show in 2024, Credit: James Napoli
In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:39
The Spanish Hour 2415: Music for the Festival of Sant Jordi
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: A rose and a book for La Diada de Sant Jordi
The Spanish Hour celebrates the Catalan national holiday with Catalan classics from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

Bought by WRGY, KRZA, WXXI Rochester, New Hampshire Public Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
Rock Guitar Virtuosos
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Rock Guitar Virtuosos," an academic book that acts as a study of old and new guitar shredders, what ...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Blue Dimensions M14: New Hill Country Blues From Cedric Burnside
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new blues from Mississippi's hill country from Cedric Burnside, and a new live album from folk-blues artist Eric Bibb

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 4/1/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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This week are are diving into a big ol stack of new music from the likes of St. Vincent, Local Natives, The Mavericks, Royel Otis, and more!

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
folk salad airing 3-17-2024
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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Siinger/songwriter Malcolm Holcombe passed from this earth Mar. 9th, 2024. Malcolm was rooted in this earth, but when he performed he was never re...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
3 Shades of Blue
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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In this episode, we talked about the new book "3 Shades of Blue," which discusses the careers of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, and th...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 26:57
Folk Salad airing 2-25-2024
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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Folk Salad celebrates female singer/songwriters, prompted by a new release from Sarah Jarosz.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
FOLK SALAD FOR AIRING 2-25-2024
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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The focus on this Folk Salad program is Women's History Month with all Oklahoma female artists, and there are plenty to choose from starting with W...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Blue Dimensions M13: A Band Of Two Bassists, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new album with a band consisting of just two bassists, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, KMUW, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 3/25/24)
From: Dave Emmert
Series: Alaska's Fresh Catch
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This week on Alaska's Fresh Catch we are sitting back and enjoying the music. We are going to hear from AK musicians Emma Hill (Anc), Paul Jacks (A...

Bought by Raven Radio, KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, and KSTK


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Spanish Hour 2413: Falla and the Theater
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Pablo Picasso theater curtain for The Three-Cornered Hat, 1919
In 1904, Carlos Fernandez Shaw introduced Manuel de Falla to "The Three-cornered hat," Pedro Antonio de Alarcón’s satire of village life in Andaluc...

Bought by WRTI, WCQS, WXXI Rochester, KVNO, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
EDM in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Underground is Massive," which charts the foundation and development of Electronic Dance Music (EDM)...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:30

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